At the Acropolis ancient hill, medics carry a woman who has passed out from the heat during a heat wave on July 20, 2023 in Athens, Greece. Milos Bicanski/Getty Images ...

This city known primarily for its monumental historic sites harbors a surprisingly dynamic contemporary art scene where ...

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The Acropolis is the shining star of Athens and is truly breathtaking in every way. It sits high above the city on a tall, flat hill (about 500 feet or 150 meters up), right in the middle of Athens.

THE airport bus, packed with passengers, leaned slightly to one side because everybody was trying to see the acropolis. There were murmurs of apprehension. Athens is a good-sized modern city ...

Many associate culture in Athens with ruins and ancient artifacts. But the Greek government and several big philanthropic foundations want to put the city on the international contemporary art map ...