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Off The Beaten Path: Views above Aghia Marina
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The Temple of Aphaia stands on the top of a pine-clad hill above Aghia Marina from where you have a marvelous view to the mainland.
Built on top of a wooded hill, it offers the most magnificent view over the island, the Saronic Gulf.
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Off The Beaten Path: Temple’s of Aphaia pediments in Munich
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The temple’s pediments were adorned with magnificent sculptures representing the Battle of Troy, which can not be seen there anymore since they have been taken by the Turks during the 19th century, as many of Greece’s marbles, and got sold to Ludwig of Bavaria, the father of King Othon.
They are now exposed in the Munich Glyptothek Museum. They were restored by the Danish neoclassic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. These works exerted a formative influence on the local character of Neoclassicism in Munich, as exhibited in the architecture of Leo von Klenze.
I enjoyed watching pediments in 2004 not knowing that three years later I would find myself in Aegina at the Aphaia Temple.
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Off The Beaten Path: Temple’s of Aphaia pediments Moscow
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Another place where I could enjoy by copies of masterpieces from Aegina Island was the Moscow Pushkin State Museum of Art. Really I couldn't ever imagine that I would see the original of statues in Munich and the Aphaia Temple in reality...
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hunterV Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:26 UTC
Hello, Sergey! So many wonderful Greek places not to be missed... Thanks for sharing, mate! | Trekki Mon Oct 13, 2008 05:32 UTC
Oh wonderful, this island looks beautiful :-) haha, colours and pistaccio nuts, I love that! | volopolo Wed Apr 23, 2008 14:08 UTC
You been in many places in Greece (my country). Great page! | scottishvisitor Fri Apr 4, 2008 21:34 UTC
Loved the off the beaten path tips = the landscape looks wonderous |
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