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The author describes the history & culture of Athens, site of the 2004 Olympic Games & city of monuments enduring, purged & restored. Exploring its streets & squares, he reveals layers of Ancient Greek, Roman & Byzantine history, elegant Bavarian neoclassical buildings, & a modern city of concrete & glass, traffic & pollution
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monografia Rebiun36055892 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36055892 m o d cr ||||||||||| 050520s2004 enkab ob 001 0 eng d 1280928642 1902669800 hbk.) 9781902669809 hbk.) 1902669819 pbk.) 9781902669816 pbk.) INARC eng INARC OCLCO OCLCL e-gr--- 949.5/12 22 Smith, Michael Llewellyn 1939-) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkXyvTpMv4b6h8Bbmkbh3 Athens a cultural and literary history Michael Llewwllyn Smith ; [foreword by Roderick Beaton] Oxford Signal Books 2004 Oxford Oxford Signal Books 1 online resource (257 pages illustrations, map) 1 online resource (257 pages Text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Cities of the imagination Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-248) and indexes The author describes the history & culture of Athens, site of the 2004 Olympic Games & city of monuments enduring, purged & restored. Exploring its streets & squares, he reveals layers of Ancient Greek, Roman & Byzantine history, elegant Bavarian neoclassical buildings, & a modern city of concrete & glass, traffic & pollution Civilization Athens (Greece)- Civilization- 19th century Athens (Greece)- Civilization- 20th century Greece- Athens. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCyjWmm7b6fkX6kQQXh3 Cities of the imagination