Presentation of Athens 5 th Primary School of Egaleo Music : ” The Kites” by Mikis Theodorakis

Athens,Greece

Ancient times ( BC) Classical times ( 5 th century BC)-The Golden Age of Pericles  Classical Times in Greece, from 500 BC until the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, are justly considered as one of the highest expressions of the Greek civilization. The ideas and concepts, the art and systems of governing which human mind created during this epoch are of a diachronic value.  Athens has been a city for years but its greatest glory was during the classical period of ancient Greece from which so many buildings and artifacts still survive. Athens became the cradle of democracy.  Pericles was an aristocrat that defended the democratic values. He dominated in the political life of Athens for approximately 30 years.  He adopted different political reforms that allowed to the people to actively participate into politics.  He restored the temples destroyed by the barbarians and ordered the construction of magnificent monuments, such as the Acropolis, thus introducing an epoch that is called "The Golden Age of Pericles “ Pericles Currency with the Goddess Athenas’ head

  Nowadays the inhabited area is hectares with people.  On 18th September, 1834 Athens was recognized as the capital of Greece.  In those days Athens was 300 hectares and counted – people. Small houses, Photo of Athens at the beginning of the 19 th century land,dirt road. This Athens has vanished Athens from the air Small houses with red tiles Modern Greece  1830: The independence of Greece was signed.

1834: Athens capital of Greece : University built 1862 : Athens was lit up with gas : “electricity “ came to Athens 1896 : Olympic ga1mes. The first car was launched 1905 : Asphalt covering of the streets. The first telephone 1907 :The first cinema. The population of Athens was : Operation of the first organized telephone center with 800 subscribers. There were 12 primary schools and 5 high schools. 1920: people. About 80 cars in Athens. 1923: Launch of the first “Citroen” taxis. Minor Asia Destruction: refugees from Minor Asia moved to Athens. Serious problems of cleanliness and water shortage surfaced. 1925: The construction of the dam in lake Marathon started that year in order to solve the water supply problem of the capital : German possession, National Resistance. 1997: Athens is in charge of the Olympic Games : The new airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” is built. 2004: The Olympic Games August. Urban history of Athens The basic points of the urban development 100 m..The first event during the Olympic Games of 1896 Athens 1840

The official language of Greece is Greek, which is spoken by 94% of the population. A number of minority languages are spoken as well. The most common foreign languages are English, French, Spanish and Italian. Languages

Tourist Attractions Greek Parliament & Syntagma (Constitution) Square The Parthenon The Panathenean Stadium

The Academy Monastiraki Odeon of Herodes Atticus Erehteion

The national garden of Athens.

Important People from Athens Pericles Αlkiviadis Sokrates Plato Solon Euripides Nikiphoros Lytras - painter Andreas Embirikos - poet Dora Stratou - dancer Melina Mercouri -politician Zorz Sarri -author Dimitri Nanopoulos -physist - Xenia Kalogeropoulou - actress