Athens - Attica

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thens is the historical capital oíEurope. Athens has a long history, dating írom the first settlement in the Neolithic age. In the Sth CenturyBC (the "Golden Age ofPericIes") - the cuhnination oíAthens' long, íascinating history - the city's values and civilisation acquired a universal signiíicance. Political thought, theatre, the arts, philosophy, science, architecture, among other íorms oí intellectual thought, reached an epic zenith, in a period oí intellectual consummation uniquein world history. Athens was the womh oí western civilisation. A host oíGreek words and ideas, such as democracy, harmony, music, mathematics, art, gastronomy, architecture, logic, eros, euphoria, among others, enriched a multitude oí languages, and inspired civilisations. Over the years, a multitude oí oí the modern Greek state. The choice was based on the symbolic signiíicance oí Athens' classical history. In two centuries since Athens has become an attractive modern metropolis with unrivalled charm. Athens oííers visitors a unique experience. A "journey" in its 6,000-year history, including the chance to see renowned monuments andmasterpieces oíart oíthe antiquity and the Middle Ages, and the architectural inheritance oí the 19th and 20th centuries. You get an upliíting íeeling oísnugness in the brilliant light oí the attic sky, surveying the charming landscape in the environs oí the city (the indented coastline, beaches and mountains), and enjoying the modern inírastructure oíthe city and unique verve oíthe Athenians. Year-round visitors are íascinated by Athens, one oíthe most attractive and charming capitals oíEurope. occupied Athens, and erected unique. splendidmonuments - a rare historical palimpsest. In 1834 Athens became the capital Vissza