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| Foreword |
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| Information for the reader |
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| 1 Athens and Piraeus |
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1 Athens: a historical overview |
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3 The slopes of the Acropolis and the Peripatos |
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4 The Areopagos, the Hill of the Nymphs, the Mouseion Hill with the Pnyx, the Philopappos Monument and the Kerameikos |
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5 The Greek Agora, the Roman Market, the Library of Hadrian and Monastiraki |
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6 Plaits, Olympieion, Ilissos Area, the First Cemetery and the Stadium of Herodes Atticus |
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7 The National Garden, main boulevards, National Museum, Lykabettos, Tourkovounia and the Academy at Kolonos Hippios |
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9 Kaisariani and the monasteries and quarries on Hymettos |
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| 2 Attica I: From Athens to Sounion and In the Mesogela |
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1 Glyphada, Voula, Vouliagmeni, Vari and the south-west Attic coastal sites |
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2 From Anavyssos to Sounion |
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3 Lavrion, Thorilcos, Porto Raphti and Brauron |
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4 The Mesogeia: Loutsa, Raphina, Spata, Markopoulo, Koropi and Paiania |
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| 3 Attica II: The plain of Marathon and north-east Aftica |
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1 The plain of Marathon and the Battle of Marathon 490 BC |
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4 The Amphiareion of Oropos and Avlona |
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| 4 Attica III: Pentelikon, Paroles and the Thriasian plain |
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1 Pentelikon and Dionysos |
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2 Pames with Phyle and Menidi |
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| 5 The Megarid, the Attic border forts and Perachora |
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2 Alepochori and Vathichoria in the Megarian hinterland |
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3 The Attic border forts: Aigosthenai, Eleutherai and Oinoe |
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4 The Isthmus of Corinth and the Diolkos |
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| 6 The islands of the Saronic Gulf: Salamis, Aigina and Poros |
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| 7 Appendices |
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1 The geography of Attica |
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2 The modem structure: administration and economy |
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5 Some basic concepts of ancient architecture: Glossary |
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6 Observations on Byzantine church building in Greece |
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(a) The Early Christian period (306-527) |
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(b) The Early Byzantine period (527-843) |
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(c) The Middle Byzantine period (843-1204) |
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(d) The Late Byzantine period (1204-1460) |
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(e) The post-Byzantine period (1460-1830) |
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7 List of the most important monuments in chronological order |
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| Index of sites and monuments |
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| Bibliography |
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