The Acropolis
In the early 19th century Britains’s Lord Elgin removed one of the caryatids which is now in the British museum.
Read MoreIn the early 19th century Britains’s Lord Elgin removed one of the caryatids which is now in the British museum.
Read MoreThe Ottoman Empire occupies a special place in the collective consciousness of the West, at once a dark star on
Read MoreOn Sicily’s south eastern shore sits Syracuse , nowadays a grand baroque styled city, but in ancient times one of the greatest powers and, for the Greeks , the most important city outside Greece itself .
Read MoreThe Ottoman Turks occupied the Greek island of Crete for almost 300 years after overthrowing the Venetians in the 17th century .
Read MoreThe Greek island of Crete has seen many invasions in its long history – from Arabs, Venetians , Turks and more recently by Germany in the 2nd world war.
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