History from Greece and the Greek Islands

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Athens Plaka Guide
The Plaka is the oldest part of Athens, directly below the Acropolis. Get off the beaten path and walk through the back streets. Admire the architecture of buildings that have stood for hundreds of years or climb the hill and see buildings that have lasted for thousands...

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Syntagma Square, Athens
Syntagma Square has a long history and most events in Greece's modern history have been mourned or celebrated here. It has held some of the biggest political rallys seen on the planet. In the 1940's it was site of a battle between communists and right-wing government...

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Kerameikos Cemetary in Athens
One of the most beautiful and least visited of the archaeological sites in downtown Athens is Kerameikos, the ancient cemetery of Athens.The area was on the northwest fringe of the ancient city and and is now the outer edge of the areas visited by most travellers...

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History of Nafplio Greece
The city of Nafplio was the first capital of the modern Greek state. Named after Nafplios, son of Poseidon, and home of Palamidis, their local hero of the Trojan war and the inventor of weights and measures, lighthouses, the first Greek alphabet and the father of the Sophists ...

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Santorini Volcano
The Volcano of Santorini, perhaps the biggest cataclysmic event in human history. It's an active volcano that erupted in 1956 and may do so again one day, although perhaps not in our lifetime. The island of Nea Kamini, in the center of the bay, emerged in 1707...

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History of Sifnos, Cyclades
The History of Sifnos dates back to 3,000 BC. In early Bronze Age, settlers from Asia Minor came to the island and fused with earlier Neolithic occupants to develop what is known as the Early Cycladic culture. They worked in marble and stone and traded over sea...

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