Last Bit of Athens

Being able to see so many incredible sights in Athens during our first two days was really helpful with scheduling our day trips.  We were able to see the other places we wanted in between and managed to see everything on Wendy's list.  Here are a few final places.

Daphni Monastery:

The catholicon, or main church, was built in the 11th century.  It still has several gold mosaic pictures and remnants of frescoes on its walls.  It was abandoned after the Greek War of Independence in 1821.

National Archaeological Museum:

Not to be confused with the Acropolis Museum that focuses soley on the Acropolis, the National Museum has artifacts on display from throughout Greece.  In particular, they had great exhibits on Mycenae, which we will visit later on our trip.  This photo is of a gold Agamemnon Death Mask found at Mycenae.

Panathenaic Stadium:

Stadium that hosted the first modern-day Olympics in 1896.  It is constructed entirely of Pentellic marble making it the only all-marble stadium in the world.

St. John of the Column Church:

This tiny Byzantine-era church was built on the site of a former shine to the Greek God Asclepius.  The column remained from the previous shrine and the church was built around it.