Tag: Greece

But archaeological science was already beginning to come into contact with what was a pure manifestation of Greek art. Between 1800 and 1803 Lord Elgin stripped the buildings of the Acropolis of Athens, and all the huge booty of marble was transported to London in the British Museum; in this way we get to know…

In the studies of the history of Greek art we can distinguish three periods: the first, artistic, which from the beginning of the Renaissance reaches the end of the sixteenth century; the second, doctrinaire or scholar, which includes the seventeenth century and just over the middle of the eighteenth century, the third, scientific, which reaches…

General In Athens, as in all of Greece, traffic is on the right. The maximum speeds shown can of course be reduced or increased by means of traffic signs. Regardless of the information given here, it is advisable to obtain detailed information from the ADAC, the AvD or the traffic clubs in the country concerned….