
The name “Little Venice” comes from its construction by the sea and with the peculiar wooden balconies with panoramic views.
Between Spain & Portugal, Madrid & Lisboa…






And just the facade of the building dazzles with its typically Greek architecture, starting with four columns in the center. We realize however that we are in front of a building of recent construction and later confirmed that it was done in the nineteenth century.
Going in we begin to “navigate” through the various collections, the prehistory, the Neolithic Age, the Bronze Age, several objects and statues that support the Greek mythology.
Continue a ler “Museu Nacional de Arqueologia – Atenas, Grécia”
É a grande rival da Acrópole na disputa do melhor sítio arqueológico de Atenas e irónicamente, é desse ponto mais alto que melhor se pode contemplar a Ágora. Tinham funções distintas e por isso hoje podemos ver outros traços da arquitectura de Atenas Clássica onde edificios como o Stoa of Attalos (na primeira foto visto desde a Acrópole) ou o Templo de Ares.
It’s the main tourist attraction in Athens and so it is an almost impossible task taking pictures without a crowd of people along the way. After seeing Ephesus in Turkey the Acropolis no longer had the same charm for us, if it had been otherwise we would have given more value to this visit experience. Still it’s a unique place, fascinating, complex, full of stories, myths and constant rehabilitation.
Fotos: Março 2015

