Athens(Αθήνα) or known as Acropolis of the Athens is the biggest city in Greece and the same time ,the capital of Greece. Besides that, ranked the 8th largest city in Europe.
As one of the world’s oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Athens is built around a number of hills.At the beginning , it was used to protect from the attacks of enemies with the helps of the enclosure around the hills.
The earliest building in Athen was the Athenaeum (Heiron for the goddess ‘Athena’ ,where the ‘Athens’ got its name.) According to the legends, she is the goddess of wisdom , peace, warfare,strategy, handicraft and reason,shrewd companion of heroes and the goddess of heroic endeavour.
Thus ,the centre of the Athens city is the Statue of Athena, major building is the Parthenon . It located at the highest place in the Athens.
The group of buildings in Acropolis of Athens include:
-Temple of Athena Nike (Athenaeum)
-Artemis Brauronia
-Halkothiki
-Parthenon Temple 
-Erechtheum Temple 
-Acropolis Museum 
-Erechtheion 
-Odeon of Herodes Atticus
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