One thing that impressed me about Greece was how they have recently seen the importance in restoring and reviving their aging ruins and ancient monuments. A perfect example of this is the major restoration project that is happening right now to Acropolis. Originally an ancient city, the Acropolis was left to decay over the years (it is in pretty rough shape after invasions, looting, earthquakes, bombings and even pollution). Today the government is still working at restoring as much of the Acropolis as possible so that visitors will get more of a sense of what it would have been like to be a Greek in ancient times.
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| Standing in front of the Parthenon, a temple that is being restored in the Acropolis. Can you see the scaffolding inside of it? |
Do you think the government should restore old buildings, or does it make more sense to tear them down and just build new ones instead?
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| Overlooking Athens from the Acropolis. |
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