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Arrivals – Departures |
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Athens International Airport – Eleftherios Venizelos |
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 National Observatory of Athens |
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Villas For Sale in Lefkada |
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NARCO CONSTRUCTION was formed in order to design and built high standard villas in the area of Lefkada. |
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Hadrian’s Arch is the most characteristic monument of the Roman period ever to be built in the city of Athens. It has become a national landmark, quite inseparable from the urban landscape. It is 18 meters high and towers over Amalias Avenue, separating the old part of the city from the new. It is a triumphal arch, built according to the roman prototypes that were spread throughout the Roman Empire. It was constructed by the Athenians in honour of the Emperor Hadrian, their city benefactor, who inaugurated it himself in 131 A.D. during a visit to Athens. Hadrian’s Arch was always independent and self-existent, never comprising a part of the city’s fortification walls or of any other greater construction. It consists of a wall made of Pentelic marble with an arched opening supported by pilasters, crowned with Corinthian capitals. Similar, but taller pilasters flank the outer corners. The arch is crowned by a series of Corinthian columns and pilasters, with an Ionic architrave at the ends, and an entablature with a triangular pediment in the middle. There were two inscriptions carved on the architrave, one on each side. The one facing the Acropolis reads “This is Athens, the ancient city of Theseus” and the side facing the Olympieion reads “This is the city of Hadrian and not of Theseus”. Apparently there was a new section added to the ancient city during the period of the Roman peace, often referred to as Hadrianopolis.
Temple of Zeus Olympios | Hadrian's Library | Theater of Dionysus | Aeropagus (Areios Pagos) | Philopappos Monument | Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion | Roman Agora | Odeion of Herodes Atticus | Tower of the Winds | Choregic Monument of Lysikrates | Pnyx | Church of Agios (Saint) Demetrios (Thessalonica) | White Tower | Rotunda of Thessalonica |
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