Acropolis

According to legend, founded the legendary king of Athens Kekrop.
In the name of another legendary king - Erihtoniya (Erehteya), the son of a blacksmith god Hephaestus and the Earth goddess Gaia, in establishing a cult in Attica, Athena and renaming Kekropa in her honor, the beginning of coinage, the introduction of competition in the wagons.

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          Athens history

Athens has a long history going back to the Neolithic, when on the same hill where the Acropolis was built later, the first settlement. Over time, the settlement became a city, and to the XIV century. BC - One of the major economic and political center of Attica. In the X century. as a result of popular uprisings political system has changed: instead of the traditional kings came into power the power of civil majority (demos), which, in fact, was a small power elite - the most influential and wealthy people of the city - the aristocrats. Later, ordinary people have achieved empowerment in the assembly: the control system was formed, now known as democracy.

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Agorá (Greek agorá) 

Agorá (Greek agorá) - in Greece: a collection of full citizens, who are dealing with important affairs of city life (shopping, judicial, military). Over time, the agora was called and the very place of assembly (the area). Very often, the agora was the administrative and economic center of the city.

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     Athens

The city combines the heritage of ancient Greek architecture, wrapped in a fairy-tale traditions, and achievements of modern civilization, have turned Athens into a majestic metropolis. The city has experienced many bloody wars, and was repeatedly exposed to attacks by the many conquerors, in Athens, carefully preserved cultural heritage: the beauty and grandeur of architecture not raised a hand even in the most brutal rulers of all time.

The capital of Greece - the birthplace of democracy - is visited by thousands of tourists from all over the world regardless of season.
The symbol of Athens and Greece is the Acropolis - the top of the hill height of 125 m, from which, in fact, began the birth of the city.

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