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7 unusual facts about Athen


Anastylosis

A primitive anastylosis was carried out in 1836 at the Acropolis in Athens, where the Temple of Athena Nike was re-erected from remaining parts.

Athen

SS Athen (1893), German merchant ship lost off Portland Bill in the English Channel in 1906, and now a dive site

Athen (meaning Athens in several languages, including German, Norwegian and Danish)

Athen family, a noble family of Sardinia during the 11th and 12th centuries

Horsehead Amphora

The Horsehead Amphora is a specific type of amphora, produced in Athens from about 600 BC onwards.

Mnesikles

Mnesikles (Latin transliteration: Mnesicles) was an ancient Athenian architect active in the mid 5th century BCE, the age of Pericles.

Queen's Westminsters

In December 1944, the Westminsters took part in the operations to quell a Communist uprising in the Greek capital of Athens; this mission was successful and a cease-fire was signed on 11 January 1945.


Athen family

From this point on, the great families, like the Athen, fade into view to be replaced by the Repubbliche Marinare of northern Italy (Genoa and Pisa) in the power politics of Logudoro.

Gonario I of Torres

The families of Torchitorio, Athen, Salanis, Kerki, Lacon, Gunale, Thori, Serra, Orrubu, and Sogostas can be identified in the Sardinia of his day, but to which he belonged is unknown.


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