This document provides an overview of Athens, Greece. It begins with the origin of the city's name from the goddess Athena and discusses the 4th century BC as Athens' golden age under Pericles. It then outlines Athens' history from an ancient city-state to becoming Greece's capital in 1834 after 400 years under Ottoman rule. The bulk of the document describes important landmarks in Athens such as the Acropolis, Parthenon, mountains surrounding the city, beaches nearby, and includes an aerial photo of Athens. It concludes with thanks from the author, a student in Athens.

1. ERASMUS +
Odysseas Kominis Altanis
3rd High School of Ymittos, Greece
TeaMS- teaching migrant students
OUR CITY- ATHENS

2. THE NAME OF THE CITY
Athens has taken its
name from the
Greek goddess
Athena.
The mythology says
that Athena
with Poseidon in
Parnitha Mountain.
The winner, was going
to give his/her name
to the city.
Poseidon hit a rock
with his trident and
sea-water started
coming out of the
rock. Then, Athena hit
the ground with her
wand and an olive
germinated.
All the Olympus’ gods
voted for Athena, so
the name of the city is
Athens

3. THE GOLDEN CENTURY
 The 4th century BC, was the
golden century of Pericles in
Athens.
 Pericles was a politician who
made a lot of very important
buildings, like the Parthenon.

4. OUR HISTORY
In ancient times, Athens was a city-state with an incredibly strong army.
However, in 1453, Greece was conquered by the Ottomans and the Greeks
remained under the Turkish occupation for about 400 years. Since 1834, it
has been the capital city of our country.

5. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The Acropolis

6. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The Parthenon, which was a temple dedicated to the
Olympian gods.

7. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The ancient Roman market

8. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The National Library

9. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The Acropolis museum.
One of the most modern museums in our country!

10. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The Archaeological museum

11. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The National History museum

12. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The Parliament.

13. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The Parliament.

14. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
Syntagma square

15. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The temple of Poseidon at
Sounion

16. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
Stavros Niarxos foundation cultural center

17. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
The National Garden.

18. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
Piraeus port

19. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
Plaka & Monastiraki , two very
beautiful neighborhoods in Athens

20. THE LANDMARKS OF OUR CITY
Plaka & Monastiraki

21. MOUNTAINS
In Athens, we
4 big mountains
Egaleo
Parnitha Ymittos Pentelicus

22. MOUNTAINS–IMAGES
1. Egaleo mountain:
HEIGHT: 469m.

23. MOUNTAINS–IMAGES
2. PARNITHA MOUNTAIN :
HEIGHT: 1413m.

24. MOUNTAINS-IMAGES
3. YMITTOS MOUNTAIN
HEIGHT: 1026m

25. MOUNTAINS-IMAGES
PENTELICUS MOUNTAIN
HEIGHT : 1026 M

26. HILLS
Athens has a lot of hills. The
most important of them are :
 Filopappou hill &
 Lycabetus

27. BEACHES
Athens is very close to the sea. There
are a lot of beaches. Some of them
are:
 Porto Rafti
 Schinias
 Varkiza
 Glyfada etc.
PHOTO : Schinias beach

28. AN AIR VIEW OF ATHENS

29. THANKS FOR
WATCHING !!
Odysseas Kominis-Altanis
Athens, Greece
3rd high school of Ymittos
Teaching Migrant Students