Athens Family Hotels

The Parthenon is one of the greatest architectural sights in the world. The architects took into account all peculiarities of the human eyesight and made all the corners of the building a little bit round. This deliberate curvature coupled with the unequal distance among the columns has created an impression of a total harmony. All the lines seem to be irreproachably horizontal and vertical. The Acropolis is a fascinating and magnificent place, especially in evening, when the structure is illuminated by special lights.

The Theatre of Dionysus. The Theatre of Dionysus is situated at the bottom of the Acropolis. This is the oldest theatre in Europe and the cradle of the Greek tragedy. First performances took place here yet in the 6th century. The ancient scene was simply an area with trampled ground with public sitting on the grass and forming a semicircle around the scene. When the theatre started gaining popularity, wooden benches appeared around the scene; later they were replaced with stone seats. This happened after some of the wooden benches had fallen down and had killed a lot of people. As the time went by, the theatre expanded slowly. This process continued from 342 to 326 B.C. After the reconstruction the theatre could seat 17,000 people. Unfortunately, nowadays we can only look at the ruins of this legendary theatre.
Continue reading

This article about Athens is written by the orangesmile.com editorial team and is protected by the copyright law. The article can only be re-used with a direct link to www.orangesmile.com