The 2,500-year-old Acropolis is built on a rock overlooking Athens
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Tourists protect themselves from the sun with umbrellas while waiting to get access to the Acropolis hill
Greece's top archaeological monument, the Acropolis, was partially shut Tuesday as part of emergency measures to protect visitors and workers …
A local resident sprays water to extinguish a fire in a house during a wildfire near Athens
Helicopters dropped water on a wildfire in Ierapetra
Greece recorded its hottest ever summer last year when 45,000 hectares were torched
The fire near Athens had already burned five or six houses, one local mayor told ERT public television
In Turkey, two wildfires broke out near Izmir
About 30 kilometres east of Athens, another fire broke out near the port of Rafina
Experts have called on Turkish officials to do more to tackle the growing problem of wildfires