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The concrete jungle develops golden lava trails the darker it gets, taken from Lykavittos Hill, after sunset on an unseasonably hot April evening.
Mount Lycabettus was the first location we scouted to shoot from in Athens. But when we visited the Acropolis Hill, I thought that Lycabettus also deserves for a photo of itself. 😊 📷
I mean, which other city do you know that has a mountain in its center? 🗻
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Moped down one of the many narrow streets in the Pláka neighbourhood of Athens, in the shadow of the Acropolis.
Athens overview to the south west. Acropolis and Parthenon as main object and Saronikos bay as the backround.
A picturesque shuttered window in the Anafiotika area of the Plaka district of Athens, Greece.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
29mm; 1/200 sec; f/8; ISO 100
Muiseo Archeologico di Kerameikos.
Sfinge alata in marmo del VI secolo a.C.
Ritrovata sepolta nei pressi della Porta Sacra nel 2002, la statua votiva o scultura funeraria di epoca arcaica avrebbe coronato una stele tombale.
Fungendo da luogo di sepoltura già nel XII secolo a.C., il Kerameikos, situato nell'antico quartiere dei vasai, contiene parte delle antiche mura della città e il Dipylon, la porta principale dell'antica Atene all'incrocio tra la Via Sacra e la Via Panatenaica. Serviva come luogo di sepoltura per i cittadini più ricchi e illustri della città.
Kerameikos Archaeological Museum.
Winged marble sphinx from the 6th century BC.
Found buried near the Sacred Door in 2002, the votive statue or funerary sculpture from the archaic period would have crowned a tomb stele.
Serving as a burial site as early as the 12th century BC, the Kerameikos, located in the ancient potter's quarter, contains part of the ancient city wall and the Dipylon, the main gate of ancient Athens at the crossroads of the Sacred Way and the Panathenaic. It served as a burial place for the city's richest and most illustrious citizens.
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