Architecture in Athens

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

This historic structure has been used as a mosque, a barracks, a prison, a school, and a bakery.

This graffitied 19th-century building was a prototype of European industrial architecture.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.