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1000places > ATHENS, GREECE - From virtually everyplace in the city, the Acropolis towers above modern-day buildings and ancient ruins (in this case, a portion of the Temple of Olympian Zeus).
1000places > ATHENS, GREECE - An early morning sunrise over the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
1000places > ATHENS, GREECE - The Parthenon is not the only impressive structure atop the Acropolis. At the northern edge stands the Erechtheum built between 421 and 407 B.C. with its much-photographed "porch of the maidens."
1000places > THERMOPYLAE, GREECE - Under steadily darkening skies, we left Kalambaka on our way back to Athens. Along the way we traveled through the Pass of Thermopylae ("Hot Gates") where in 480 B.C. a band of 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians (the warriors, not the actors) held off a huge Persian army for three days, giving Athens time to prepare for the battle that would drive the Persians out of Greece and preserve democracy in the western world. Today the pass is marked by a statue of Leonidas, the Spartan king who refused to retreat.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - The "icon factory" outside of Kalambaka is the place where Greek Orthodox priests from throughout the region come to shop.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - "Meteora" means "suspended in air." Until the 1920s, the only access monks had to these monasteries was a net hitched over a hook and hoisted by rope and a handcranked windlass. The ropes were replaced only when, according to the monks, "the Lord let them break."
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE: THE SACRED SITE OF THE ORACLE - We entered the mystical ruins of Delphi. Some say the spirit of Apollo still drifts through the pillars of the ancient temple once inhabited by the Oracle, the priestess who sat admist vapors and muttered prophecies that often guided the course of nations.
ATHENS, GREECE - From virtually everyplace in the city, the Acropolis towers above modern-day buildings and ancient ruins (in this case, a portion of the Temple of Olympian Zeus).
1000places > ATHENS, GREECE - From virtually everyplace in the city, the Acropolis towers above modern-day buildings and ancient ruins (in this case, a portion of the Temple of Olympian Zeus).
ATHENS, GREECE - From virtually everyplace in the city, the Acropolis towers above modern-day buildings and ancient ruins (in this case, a portion of the Temple of Olympian Zeus).
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