Athens, Greece

Athens, the cradle of Western civilisation, preserves some of the greatest monuments of ancient Greek art and architecture. Towering above the city is the Acropolis with the Parthenon, designed by Ictinus and Callicrates in the fifth century BC.

  • Parthenon

    ByDominik Szobak

    Here is a fact that stops most people cold: the Parthenon was not built with a single perfectly straight line. Every column leans slightly inward, every surface curves almost imperceptibly, and the entire structure bows gently upward at its center — all deliberate optical tricks engineered to make the building look absolutely flawless to the…