travel europe greece athens the plaka
The Plaka is the old part of the city, but is very tourist oriented with shops and restaurants...
TRAVEL: 1978, October 1984, August 2013
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Street, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Plaka street as it looked in 1984, Athens, Greece.
Old woman sitting in front of ornate gate, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 1984.
Monastrikaki Square with the Acropolis in the background, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Monastiraki Church of the Assumption, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Tsisdarkis Mosque on Monastiraki Square, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Statue of Archbishop Damaskinos Papendeou, Square Mitropoleos, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Bright prints for sale, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Old urns in front of the Fethiye Mosque, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Graffiti artists on a side street, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
Sign of the times? I had never seen graffiti in Athens on previous trips.
More graffiti in front of decaying old building, Plaka, Athens, Greece, 2013.
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