Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Landmarks in Athens, recognizable natural or artificial features used for navigation, features that stand out from their near environment and are often visible from long distances. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Statues in Athens .
In February 2021, Athens Mayor, Kelly Girtz, issued an apology for the role the city had played in destroying Linnentown. His apology was followed by a unanimous approval by the Athens-Clarke County Commission in favor of redress for Linnentown, including establishment of the Athens Justice and Memory project and creation of a memory wall. [ 9 ]
The latter, while an inexact copy, is clearly informed by the Athenian original likely drawing on Le Roy’s work, then the only reference source before the publication of The Antiquities of Athens. Commissioned by the King of Prussia, the Gate inaugurated the Greek Revival in Germany even though the edifice deviated notably from the canonical ...
Athens residents and activists gathered on Aug. 31 for a press conference on the impending rent increases and mass displacement by their landlord.
A group of short-term rental property owners are suing the Athens-Clarke County government, saying commissioners held an illegal conversation ahead of vote.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Athens is served by the Athens International Airport (ATH), located near the town of Spata, in the eastern Messoghia plain, some 35 km (22 mi) east of center of Athens. [112] The airport, awarded the "European Airport of the Year 2004" Award, [ 113 ] is intended as an expandable hub for air travel in southeastern Europe and was constructed in ...
Anafiotika (Greek: Αναφιώτικα pronounced [a.naˈfço.ti.ka]) is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of Athens, part of the old historical neighborhood called Plaka. It lies on the northeast side of the Acropolis hill .