Athens and the Temple of Zeus

After seeing the Akropolis, we continued walking and came upon the Temple of Zeus. The construction on this temple began in the 6th Century BC during a time when Athens was ruled by tyrants who dreamt of building one of the largest temples in the ancient world. However, due to the circumstances, construction on this temple was not completed until around 600 years later during the 2nd Century AD when Emperor Hadrian was ruling.
The rest of the pictures are various sights we saw while walking through the streets and markets of Athens and also the view from our hotel.--Colleen