It also has a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is both the largest passenger port in Europe, and the third largest in the world. In 2021, Athens' urban area hosted more than three and a half million people, which is around 35% of the entire population of Greece.Īthens is a Beta global city according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and is one of the biggest economic centers in Southeastern Europe. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent-particularly Ancient Rome. It was a centre for the arts, learning and philosophy, and the home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. Ĭlassical Athens was a powerful city-state. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th centuries BC. Athens ( / ˈ æ θ ɪ n z/ ATH-inz Greek: Αθήνα, romanized: Athína ( listen) Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, romanized: Athênai (pl.) ) is the capital and largest city of Greece.
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