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Greece 1822–1827, 1832–present. Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western ...
- Athenian democracy
Athenian democracy developed around the 6th century BC in...
- Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν...
- Ancient Agora
The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical...
- Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece ( Greek: Ἑλλάς, romanized : Hellás) was a...
- Athenian democracy
The city of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [a.ˈθi.ne̞] or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina [a.'θi.na]) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) was the major urban centre of the notable polis of the same name, located in Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the ...
The municipality (Center) of Athens is the most populous in Greece, with a population of 643,452 people (in 2021) [4] and an area of 38.96 km 2 (15.04 sq mi), [8] forming the core of the Athens Urban Area within the Attica Basin. The incumbent Mayor of Athens is Charis Doukas of PASOK.
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