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megarico22

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Syntagma Square Metro Station

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Wax Museum of Andreas Syggros

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

Aika

Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

Thessaloniki, Greece

Thessaloniki Train Cemetery

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Old Madrasa of Athens

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

gus619USA

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Agia Dynamis

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

gus619USA

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Roman Tomb in Zara

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

gus619USA

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The Olive Tree of the Acropolis

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

gus619USA

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Theatre of Dionysus

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

gus619USA

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Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

gus619USA

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Added by Sam Teicher

Barcelona, Spain

Model Train Market at Estació de França

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

peshamagid

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