Prison of Socrates, Athens, Greece
The Prison of Socrates, a series of rooms cut into the bedrock on the lower slopes of Philopappos Hill, thought by some to be the place Socrates was imprisoned before his trial in 399 BC, although more likely to be part of a large house, in Athens, Greece. During the second world war, the National Archaeological Museum hid treasures here behind a thick concrete wall, which has now been removed. The holes in the wall are for wooden beams supporting the rest of the structure in front of the cliff, which is no longer standing. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Photograph by Manuel Cohen
