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The Parthenon |
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The newer of the two theaters |
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Some of the ancient Greek plays we still know today may originally have been performed in this theater. |
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Copies of the famous Caryatids; the originals are in museums. |
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The Acropolis Museum contains many fine sculptures from the site |
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It's hard to believe some of the paint is still on these sculptures after 2500 years of exposure to the elements. |
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The sleeve detail is interesting |
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The agora |
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A view of the Acropolis |
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Our hotel is the yellow building near the middle. |
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The balcony of our room was bedecked with flowers. |
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The Temple of Olympian Zeus, once the largest temple in Greece. The column on the ground blew over in a storm in 1852. |
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Ancient Roman Stadium, refurbished for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. |
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