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I found this colorful alley during the blue hour while wandering around Athens, Greece.
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Myth has it, Mount Lycabettus was created when the Goddess Athena dropped a limestone mountain she had been carrying for the construction of the Acropolis when the box holding Erichthonius, the legendary ruler of ancient Athens was opened. Another legend says Mount Lycabettus was a refuge of the wolves and that's how the mountain got its name (Lykos in Ancient Greek means wolf).
But today, the 300 meters high Mount Lycabettus offers the best view of Athens and what a view it is! Featured in this razor sharp, 271 megapixel panorama is the most spectacular view of the Greece's capital in the Northwest direction with the cradle of the Western civilization in the center; Acropolis of Athens. It's hard to describe the majesty of this sight and I won't even try to. I'm just very glad to have witnessed it with my own eyes.
Europe, Greece, Attica, Athens, STASY Sirios tram, Mirror (slightly cut from all sides).
Shot from a Sirios tram (Ansaldo Breda built) of the Athens Tram system (Urban Rail Transport SA - STASY). It has three lines. Shot on the scenic centre-sea board line 3.
This is number 36 of the Athens/Piraeus album and and 951 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
Street, Athens Ohio.
At Ohio University "Ridges." Former site of the Athens Lunatic Asylum. May 2022.
Lomography Color 800, Olympus Stylus Zoom 140. Processed and printed by Blue Moon Camera, home scan.
We just returned from a 12 day trip to the Greek Islands. First stop was Athens where I shot this the first afternoon from the rooftop restaurant of our hotel The Britannia.
Mount Lycabettus is a Cretaceous limestone hill at 300 meters above sea level. Pine trees cover its base, and at its two peaks are the 19th century Chapel of St. George, a theatre, and a restaurant.
Greece, Athens
Plaka, Athens, Greece.
Standing on the northern foothills of the Acropolis, the picturesque Plaka district still retains the atmosphere of old Athens.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
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