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发帖数: 4509 | 1 Athens ranks with Rome and Jerusalem for its glorious past,
yet few fall in love with the modern city. Most visitors
never see beyond the nefos (smog) and the high-rise
apartment blocks built hurriedly to house the refugees who
poured in from Asia Minor during the 1923 population
exchange with Turkey. But beyond the off-putting veneer of
concrete there is a kind of dilapidated charm. Almost every
house and apartment has a balcony bulging with geraniums,
and many of the city's streets and squares |
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