Defensive Walls (Athens)

Greece / Attiki / Athens
 ruins, archaeological site, stonemasonry
Fortification of Athens‏. Remains of the defensive walls that once ringed the ancient city. The inner wall incorporates some of the original stones of the walls built, at the insistence of Themistocles, in 479 BC. These were later rebuilt with bright limestone about a hundred years later.

The outer walls were built later, ca 338-334 BC. This line of defense also featured a dry moat, which you can still see today (though it's not so dry all the time). --grecodan
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Coordinates:   37°58'41"N   23°43'6"E

Comments

  • Great work grecodan! loved it :)
  • Back at ya, Nino. :D
  • These city walls must were great.
  • Nestor: throughout Athens you can find remnants of the ancient walls, sometimes exposed during the construction of buildings. A fascinating way to spend a day is to actually trace the path of the walls around the ancient city. Often times you can step into the lobby of a business or hotel and see a preserved course of stone. The Divani Palace hotel, on the other side of the Acropolis from the Kerameikos (it's labeled here on wikimapia), is one good example.
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