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Capital of Greece, named after the Greek goddess Athena. Athens was home to one of the earliest recorded formal democracies and the site of the Parthenon.
It is served by a newly constructed and opened airport, the Eleftherios Venizelos airport, about a 40-minute taxi ride from the city centre (depending upon the density of the traffic).
- Things to see in Athens
- the Acropolis, Athens
- the Parthenon
- Piraeus harbour
- Agora, Athens
- Plaka
- Philopappos monument
- Pnyx
- Lysikrates monument
- Arch of Hadrian
- Olympeion
- Kerameikon
See Athenian democracy.