Replica Caryatids (maidens) on the Erectheion, built on the Acropolis in 420 BC for the worship of Athena and Poseidon-Erectheus (on the site where the two fought for the city of Athens).
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The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city, The "Sacred Rock") in the world. Although there are many other acropolises in Greece, the significance of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as The Acropolis without qu
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The Evzones is the name of several historical elite light infantry and mountain units of the Greek Army.
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The Panathinaiko (Panathenaic) Stadium (also known as the Kallimarmaron, i.e. the "beautifully marbled") in Athens is the only major stadium in the world built fully of white marble (from Mount Penteli).
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