Teacher: Eugenia Iliopoulou

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

Athens dominates the Attica region.

It is one of the word’s oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3.400 years.

Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy.

Acropolis of Athens

Parthenon

Karyatides

Greek Parliament

Built in the Roman Era

Athens has a temperate Mediterranean climate

The dominant feature of Athens's climate is alternation between

prolonged hot and dry summers and mild, wet winters, with a January average of

8.9 °C (48.0 °F)

Steelmills, shipyards, oil refineries, cement factories, shipping and marine industries, trade

Clothing and shoe manufacturing industries, food industry

Tourist businesses, tourist agencies, hotels, restaurants

http://www.athensinfoguide.com/index.htm

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/greece/athens

http://wikitravel.org/en/Athens http://www.athensguide.com/

Temple of Poseidon SOUNIO