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Monastiraki metro, Eridanos

Athens Metro – Where the Subway Meets 3,000 Years of History

By / Ancient Greece, Archeology, Athens / 5 minutes of reading

Most people use the Athens Metro to travel between the Acropolis, Monastiraki, and Syntagma. Few realize that the same journey is also a trip through nearly 3,000 years of history. The expansion of Athens’ modern subway system led to the largest archaeological excavation ever carried […]

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Ilissos river-bed by Olympieion

The hidden rivers of Athens – a lost network that once shaped the landscape, part 2

By / Guides, Athens, Explorations, Unknown Athens / 8 minutes of reading

The hidden rivers of Athens were once an essential part of the Attic landscape. Just over a hundred years ago, this mountain-ringed basin was crossed by hundreds of waterways: larger and smaller rivers, creeks, and brooks. Today, most of them are invisible – diverted into

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