There are so many angles in Athens where you can literally see the passage of time laid out before you. @beagreek_athens @discover.greece The ruins of the ancient Athenian Agora in the front, the Temple of Hephaestus (better preserved than the Acropolis but not as well known), Byzantine churches, then modern apartment and office buildings in the background. Everywhere you dig down in Athens, you are digging into ancient layers of the city. In fact, every time construction finds ruins (which is....almost every time) the Central Archaeological Council is called in to determine the importance/preservation priority of the ruins. Sometimes they are incorporated into a display in the building, sometimes the ruins are deemed so important construction can’t continue, but many times the items are removed for preservation and construction goes on. Because in a country like Greece, if you couldn’t build on top of ancient ruins, you probably couldn’t build anywhere. #Greekproblems . . . . #athens #discovergreece #thisisathens #temple #ancient #ancienthistory #history #panorama #greeceis #view #beagreek #gltlove #dametraveler travelstoke