Rob and I visited the Athenian Agora today after a brief hiatus from Museum Thursdays. It was a beautiful day, albeit a bit hazy, to stroll around this outdoor 'museum.' The Agora is one of my favorite places to be in Athens. I love the open green space (yes, Athens is starting to turn green after a hot dry summer!) as well as the wide variety of archeology. In ancient times the Agora was the heart of the city, as it was the place to be for anything political, administrative, social, and commercial. The Stoa of Attalus in my photo was originally built by the King of Pergamon and contained shops. It was reconstructed in the 1950's by the American School using private donors from the United States (mostly John D. Rockefeller) and now houses the Agora Museum.
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