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A day trip to Meteora

I still remember approaching the city of Kalambaka and the view that was revealed in front of us, which was of the humongous stone pillars holding the ancient monasteries on top. This was the famous view of the Meteora, which was one of the most famous landmarks in...

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My first time camping in Greece

Summer is one of my favourite seasons in the year. It is warm, sunny and people tend to be more active and to spend more time outside. It is also the time when most of the people go on summer vacations with their friends or families. This time, I wanted to spend my...

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Greece: the sea and the mountains

Greece: the sea and the mountains I want to go back to Greece! From all the countries I have been to, Greece is the one in which I wish to return incessantly because, somehow, there I felt very much at home being surrounded by a special, different nature and culture...

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Work in Grecee

To work in greece for the Erasmus student is very easy. I met alot of students here who was working with me in the sam place, it was and amazing experiance to work with a lot of nationality people. Specially i met alot of Ukrainian student, who are very hard-working and...

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Eleusis

Eleusis (today Elefsina, close to Athens) was an important cultic place as the secret rites of the fertility goddess Demeter took place here. The ruins of the temple are still impressive ... surely they were great! This relief on a sarcophagus depicts a wild hunt in...

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Tiryns

Still on the Peloponnes, we found a forgotten centre of Mycenean culture: Tiryns! A ring fortress on a hill, the thick walls show the former importance of the place: It was larger than the Acropolis of Athens! At the very top lies a sacred place with a small path...

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Epidauros Museum

The museum in Epidauros gave us some more insight into how the ancient priests/doctors worked and what they used to treat the patients. This relief shows the treatment of a wounded arm and a patient laying down while a snake (a symbol of the god) snuggles up to him...

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Epidauros

Epidauros is a UNESCO world heritage site on the Peloponnes. It is famous as a sanctuary to Asklepios, the god of healing. The archeological site shows the following buildings: The gymnasion (sports complex) was used for therapeutical purposes. In its centre stands a...

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Nemea Museum

Nemea not only had the temple and stadium from my last post, but also a small museum honouring the games. This awesome speech/quote was to be found near the entrance, clearly visible for every visitor. These archaic figurines in clay represent women, one of them with...

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Lerna + Nemea

As you might already know, Greece is full of ancient legends. Sometimes they explain great events of history ... ana example can be found here: Lerna is a place where a palace from the Early Helladic Period, the so-called "House of Tiles", stands. Also, there have been...

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Mystras 2

In many churches of Mystras, there were Byzantine frescoes with stories of saints depicted in vivid colours, unfortunately a bit bleached over time, but hey, who are we to complain about such works of art? The churches had a clearly Orthodox style with round arches;...

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Mystras

So we were on our way to Sparta when we passed a ruined city with the remains of a great castle on a hilltop: Mystras. Climbing the hill was a bit of work, but the view over the landscape was rewarding, as you can see! The story of the castle begins in the early 13th...

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Messene Museum

Just as if we had not already seen enough musea, we also had to enter the Archeological Museum of Messene. Actually, every museum shows something new, so no time is wasted on repeating stuff! First, there were some elaborate flint arrowheads on display ... we may label...

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Bassae and Messene

After seeing so many artifacts, marble inscriptions and statues of Zeus, Venus and Augustus et cetera it was time to go outside again: We saw the Temple of Apollon in Bassae, UNESCO world heritage site, and arrived in Messene. The thick city walls defended the city in...

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Delphi Museum 2: Marble and Music!

The second part of the museum contained lots of marble in the form of inscriptions and statues. Check it out! This inscription is written in Latin, but it's not classical Latin. It's from the Hellenistic Period or Late Antiquity as the dedicator's name L. Aimilius is...

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Delphi Museum 1

The Archeological Museum in Delphi offers some mixed findings from the site. Be curious and explore! Here, votive weapons and bronze infantry helmets in the Corinthian style are to be found in the section about warfare. Someone took this photo of me (with bad posture)...

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Delphi: Theatre and Stadium

Finally, Delphi was not only a religious, but also a cultural centre! Read and marvel! The theatre of Delphi was home to the first Pythic Games which consisted in singing along to a kithara. They were held every eight, later every four years. Think of it as an ancient...

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Delphi: The Temple of Apollon

Delphi not only had the famous oracle I wrote about in my last post, but also a sacred site with many temples. I will now introduce them to you: The Hall of the Athenians was built after the wars against the Persians to store the spoils of war inside. It was built like...

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Delphi: The Centre of the World and the Oracle

Delphi was considered to be the centre of the world in Ancient Greece. How come? This oval stone (unfortunately a bit broken over time) is the Omphalos, the navel of the world (or at least a copy of it). According to legend, it fell down from the sky as a meteor after...

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Delphi: Introduction

Delphi - a famous place. It even has a programming language named after it (we learned to use it in school). After a short trip by bus, we arrived in the small village nearby, made our way past overpriced souvenir shops (40€ for a SD card for a camera!) and came to...

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