The Ottomans transformed the Parthenon into a mosque, and Athens remained a small town until the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830), during which it suffered extensive damage. Athens was declared ...

In Athens, history isn’t neatly boxed into museums, monuments and ticketed attractions. The past doesn’t always announce itself with barrier ropes or a plaque – it’s revealed quietly, woven into the ...

Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine, medieval and Ottoman eras Demetrios Ioannou A surviving section of the ...