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Hellenic cadets touring the Parthenon
March 7, 2015

Hellenic Cadets

Cadets from the Hellenic Military Academy tour the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. Degraded by pollution, the ancient temple to the goddess Athena atop the Acropolis is being restored.

See more photos from the March 2015 feature story “Two Cities, Two Europes."

Photograph by Alex Majoli, National Geographic

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