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Man keeps watch over the Chapel of Agios Georgios atop Lykavittos Hill. This is the white church you can see from afar at the top of Lykavittos hill. You can reach it either on foot or by the funicular. It dates from 1780 and is a single-naved church with a pendentive dome. It is said that in ancient time the temple of the Akraios Zeus used to be here. During the Frankish occupation, its place was taken by a small chapel of Prophetis Elias which, in turn, gave its place to Agios Georgios the Rider. The exact date of its construction is not known. The bell was a gift from Queen Olga, who had found the church in ruins and taken it under her patronage. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty