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Old Crank

(6,720 posts) Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:35 PM Oct 28

Piled carved stones on a rocky hill in Athens.

A few from the Parthenon in Athens. Glad we were there in the off season. Even so there were a good number of people. Ten years ago it was mobbed in September and teh temp was 95F plus. Still worth seeing. The scale is enormous. Currently doing renovations hence white areas where they have replaced or stabilized sections.

One that Lord Elgin missed.

A capital idea.

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Piled carved stones on a rocky hill in Athens. (Original Post) Old Crank Oct 28 OP

definitely needs razed and a dance hall/saloon... ret5hd Oct 28 #1

Beat me to it. nt Ilsa Oct 28 #2

Yeah. Da fuck? How do they put up with it in that condition? 3Hotdogs Oct 28 #3

And not an ounce of gold paint anywhere to be seen. Those Greeks have no taste! Lonestarblue Oct 28 #4

I knew that. Old Crank Oct 28 #10

Visited in 2014. Believed in Athena for a day. paulkienitz Oct 28 #5

1st time on 20 years there is no scaffolding. Mosby Oct 28 #6

There is some still there Old Crank Oct 28 #11

Looks just like my first/only visit in 1965 as a teenager with a couple of young lady friends. erronis Oct 28 #7

First saw it in 77 Old Crank Oct 28 #12

Love the amazing Porch of Maidens. IcyPeas Oct 28 #8

The originals are in the museum now. Old Crank Oct 28 #13

I am markie Oct 28 #9

The horror! Old Crank Oct 28 #14

ret5hd

(22,268 posts)

1. definitely needs razed and a dance hall/saloon...

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:45 PM

Oct 28

built in its place.

Ilsa

(63,956 posts)

2. Beat me to it. nt

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:57 PM

Oct 28

3Hotdogs

(15,104 posts)

3. Yeah. Da fuck? How do they put up with it in that condition?

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:34 PM

Oct 28

First sign of a shithole nation. They don't have a good ballroom.

Yes Alice, it's sarcasm.

Lonestarblue

(13,277 posts)

4. And not an ounce of gold paint anywhere to be seen. Those Greeks have no taste!

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:46 PM

Oct 28

Old Crank

(6,720 posts)

10. I knew that.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:47 PM

Oct 28

paulkienitz

(1,503 posts)

5. Visited in 2014. Believed in Athena for a day.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:52 PM

Oct 28

And saw the Antikythera mechanism in the attached museum.

Mosby

(19,272 posts)

6. 1st time on 20 years there is no scaffolding.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 06:00 PM

Oct 28

You timed your visit perfectly. Scaffolding goes back up middle of next year.

Old Crank

(6,720 posts)

11. There is some still there

Reply to Mosby (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:49 PM

Oct 28

But it is in the interior. My wife had never seen it without the scaffolding.

erronis

(22,865 posts)

7. Looks just like my first/only visit in 1965 as a teenager with a couple of young lady friends.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 06:06 PM

Oct 28

Memories of the agora, foods, heat, smells, traffic that will live with me for the remaining few years.

Old Crank

(6,720 posts)

12. First saw it in 77

Reply to erronis (Reply #7)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:51 PM

Oct 28

My late wife and I were coming back to the US after I had been stationed on Crete for 2 years.

IcyPeas

(25,001 posts)

8. Love the amazing Porch of Maidens.

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 06:13 PM

Oct 28

Old Crank

(6,720 posts)

13. The originals are in the museum now.

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 08:53 PM

Oct 28

You can get a better look.
But they look better in place. But now protected from the elements.

markie

(23,920 posts)

9. I am

Reply to Old Crank (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 06:22 PM

Oct 28

Being taken to Athens kicking and screaming in the spring…. thanks for the inspiration 😁

Old Crank

(6,720 posts)

14. The horror!

Reply to markie (Reply #9)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 09:03 PM

Oct 28

Good time to go. Fewer people at this site.
Get reservations and get an earlier time slot. We enjoyed the two big museums, Archeological and Acropolis. The Acropolis museum is also over Roman ruins and you can see the excavation.

If you are not with a group meander through the Plaka area. Enjoy the little cafes and restaurants.
Enjoy your trip.

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