The Glorious City of Athens!! A MUST SEE DO NOT MISS IT!!!!

It's my first video so if you want please comment I 'd really like to see your opinion!!

Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, Athens was also the birthplace of Socrates, Pericles, Sophocles and its many other prominent philosophers, writers and politicians of the ancient world. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy,largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European continent.
The heritage of the classical era is still evident in the city, represented by a number of ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon on the Acropolis, widely considered a key landmark of early Western civilization. The city also retains a vast variety of Roman and Byzantine monuments, as well as a smaller number of remaining Ottoman monuments projecting the city's long history across the centuries. Landmarks of the modern era are also present, dating back to 1830 (the establishment of the independent Greek state), and taking in the Hellenic Parliament (19th century) and the Athens Trilogy consisting of the National Library of Greece, the Athens University and the Academy of Athens. Athens was the host city of the first modern-day Olympic Games in 1896, and 108 years later it welcomed home the 2004 Summer Olympics, with great success.

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[Lordbutcher93]

I love Greece! Greetings from Norway!

[zampou21]

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CITY I'VE EVER VISITED

[HellsWizard1]

6 Muslim who still want to destroy Democracy.

[fakedreamsss]

Gch

[kateviewful]

Πραγματικά πολύ ωραίο βίντεο, να λικνίζεσαι στο βαλς των ονείρων!

[youngfeniansofeire]

what a lovely country i hope  to visit here soon ,peace from Ireland

[pshenka100]

Thanks . It was great. I was in Ahtens almost 12 years ago and do hope to visiti this wonderful city once again.

[nelrish24]

hehe athens is great