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Pnyx

The Pnyx is a small, rocky hill platform with steps carved on its slope. It was the meeting place of one of the world's earliest known democratic gatherings, the Athenian assembly, and the flat stone platform in its base was the bema, or the speakers' platform.

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Olympia

Olympia is known as the site of the Olympic Games in classical times. The Olympic Games were held every four years, with the first games dating back to 776 BC. In 394 AD, emperor Theodosius I banned them as they were then considered reminiscent of paganism.

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Monemvasia

The town and fortress were founded in 583 by people seeking refuge from the Slavic and the Avaric invasion of Greece. A history of the invasion and occupation of the Peloponnese was recorded in the medieval Chronicle of Monemvasia.

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Tours in Meteora

The Metéora, a word meaning "suspended rocks" or "suspended in the air" is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece.

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Hosios Loukas Monastery

Hosios Loukas is an historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece at a scenic site on the slopes of Mount HeliconI.

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