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Athens Towers (Greek: Πύργος Αθηνών), is a complex of two buildings situated in Athens, Greece. [1] Athens Tower 1 is 103 m (338 ft) [ 2 ] and 28 storeys high, making it the tallest building in Greece, while Athens Tower 2 has 15 storeys and a height of 65 m (213 ft) being the 8th tallest in Greece.
Greece is set to develop the area of the former Athens airport in Elliniko in the coming years. Work began on the Hellenikon Metropolitan Park in July 2020. It aims to build and operate a casino along with luxury hotels and conference and recreation facilities on the disused airport, as a way to further boost investments in Greece and attract more visitors in the Athens Riviera.
The Tower of the Winds, also known by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind gods around its top. Its date is uncertain, but was completed by about 50 BC, at the latest, as it was mentioned by Varro in his De re Rustica of about 37 BC. [ 1 ]
The hotel was inaugurated on 17 June 1961, in the presence of Konstantinos Karamanlis. It was the first luxury hotel to be opened at Attica region, beating the American Athens Hilton which began also began construction in 1958, but was opened later in 1963. [5] [7] However, the hotel did not receive the expected attendance.
In 2003, anticipating the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, the Hilton Athens was renovated by Greek architects Alexandros Tombazis and Charis Bougadelis. [5] [6] The establishment was refurbished, and a new seven-storey northern wing was added. In 2016, Ionian Hotels, the company owning the hotel, was sold by Alpha Bank, which had foreclosed on the ...
The ancient Greek marriage celebration consisted of a three part ceremony which lasted three days: the proaulia, which was the pre-wedding ceremony, the gamos, which was the actual wedding, and the epaulia, which was the post-wedding ceremony. Most of the wedding was focused on the experience of the bride. [1]
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A man pours out a libation as depicted on an Attic terracotta cup. A libation is an offering involving the ritual pouring out of a liquid. In ancient Greece, such libations most commonly consisted of watered down wine, but also sometimes of pure wine, honey, olive oil, water or milk. [1]
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