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UNDER CONSTRUCTION - This page is not finished yet so return later for more photos More photos of Athens can be viewed on my GIANTS page EVZONES: The fiercest Greek soldiers wear skirts and sport big pompoms on their shoes.    The
Evzone are the elite guards and their uniforms still reflect the War of
Independence in 1820s, when Greece became free from the Ottoman empire.
Yeah, Greece is a relatively new country. The changing of the guard
ceremony includes high-stepping, arm-swinging formal marching. And
admiration from mice.
  The
Evzone have earned their reputation as loyal guardians of Greece. When
the Nazis captured Athens in WW II, they ordered the Evzone guarding the
Acropolis to take down the Greek flag. He stoically lowered the flag,
calmly wrapped it around his body and jumped heroically from the bastion.
The Acropolis is in the center of Athens,
with the Aegean Sea in the background.►►
Cape Sounion, Temple of Poseidon, 600 BC; poseur posing as Poseidon
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