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Athens street scenes | Temple of Olympian Zeus | The Acropolis - the approach | The Acropolis - the Propylaea | The Acropolis - the Parthenon | The Acropolis - the Erechtheion | The Herodion Hotel | The ancient Agora | The ancient Agora - the Temple of Hephaestus (the Theseion) | Piraeus to Poros | Poros | Poros to Hydra | Hydra | Hydra to Aegina | Aegina | Arahova (Arachova) | Delphi | Levadia | The Corinth Canal | Epidaurus | Navplion | Mycenae | Mycenae - the "Treasury Of Atreus" | Athens - the National Archaeological Museum

Aegina

The Greek island of Aegina was the largest one we visited. The island produces an insane amount of pistachios; for miles and miles across the island, one sees nothing but endless groves of pistachio trees. I visited a 20th century cathedral and a 5th century BC temple dedicated to the nymph Aphaea, a minor goddess of light. The temple was constructed around 500-490 BC, about 40 years before the Parthenon in Athens. The island has only 15,000 inhabitants, but it has 22 cathedrals, 400 chapels, and 7 monasteries.
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