The island of Syros is an important commercial and cultural center of Greece. It combines an elegant character and numerous historical and archaeological monuments with beautiful nature that include beaches, landscapes and charming villages.

The architecture of the Syrians but shares the characteristics of the Cyclades architecture has its own peculiarities arising from the Venetian rule the island and the rest of the Cyclades during the Middle Ages. During the Venetian occupation the majority of the population converted to Catholicism as Syrians preserved, at present, a large percentage of Catholics compared to the rest of Greece, mostly Orthodox country.

During the war of independence of Greece, 1821, the island of Syros remained neutral under French protection (more…)

In Greece are some large rocks which has been building a town from the 16th century. Rousannour monastery was built in 1545 by Maximos and Ioasapgh of Ioannina. The monastery was gradually being abandoned and damaged used faith when World War II. So far since 1988 has been occupied by 13 nuns.

The location of the monastery is very impressive as they are on a rock and the views are incredible. To enter the monastery you have to go over a bridge that formerly made of wood and in 1930 was reinforced with another material stronger.

The monastery is located at the tip of a rock and you can see a cliff side that is really scary. There are three levels in the monastery. Is the church in the bottom and other rooms for different uses. At the top is where the nuns live and their dining rooms to have meetings.

Athens, always under the protection of the goddess Athena and the hero Theseus reached such political and cultural superiority in ancient Greece, when the writers wanted to refer to it simply spoke of the city. The glorious past is sensed at the sight of the Acropolis, around which the most traditional neighborhoods of Athens served the current setting for that constant throb of Mediterranean life that you know to extend the lounge of each house to the street itself.

These districts are the Plaka, Monastiraki and Anafiotika. For some time the Greek capital tries to rearrange its major urban planning projects. But not here, not in this maze of streets at the foot of the Acropolis, where flavor, color and Mediterranean music invaded all psychologies, all characters, so that no one knows who is a tourist abroad, Greek or citizen.

Plaka, on the northern slope of the hill, is a chaotic set of buildings. The legacy lives on in the bazaars Turkish: the neighborhood is normally chosen by travelers to the acquisition of memories. Marvel is looking up and bring out from anywhere in the presence of the Parthenon, and amid the incessant crowds and bustle life fall into a quiet reverie about the time of Pericles.

At night you have to go to neighboring Monastikiri to taste a dish in one of the many bars, restaurants, bars and taverns. Depending on our previous experience nomadic, perhaps recognize a certain similarity with the food of other countries such as Serbia, in part by a shared history at times. On the terraces of Monastikari bouzoukis hear the sound and guitars.

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In Greek acropolis means “city on high”, and it is in the top of the sacred mountain of Athens, is the Acropolis of Athens.

This is where you find one of the most representative buildings of Greece, where they have temples, meeting rooms where important personalities used to spend long hours of entertaining talks and also where is the Parthenon, one of the most important temples of Greek civilization dedicated to the deity Athena, goddess of wisdom, strategy and just war.

Its construction was taken place in the V century BC, led by Pericles and Phidias architect, after the Persian wars that led to Greek democracy.

Made in Athens on the hill above, it has 300 meters long and 150 wide, rising 156 meters above sea level. It is also known as Cecropia, after the mythical snake man.

Both the temples with its impressive columns, and sculptures in relief that despite the passage of time can be observed, leave us a glimpse of the power and the magnitude of the Greek people, the one where its citizens participated in some of the decisions of society.

The temples of this region have become the most famous architectural symbols of both ancient history as Greece. Today the Parthenon is an icon of Greek culture