Color print of Athens. The sky is a purple color, and the Parthenon is up above the city. What looks like ruins can be seen in the foreground of the print, with the city in the back left corner. There is also a mountain in the right corner with a building on top of it. Trees can be found by the ruins in the foreground.

Athens is the capital of Greece and is its largest city. It is named after the goddess Athena.

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