Aerial photos record huge urban expansion across Athens Riviera after 1938

A joint study carried out recently by the Hellenic Centre for Maritime Research and the Geology Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens reveals the massive amount of new construction along the Athenian Riviera in the last 80 years, according to greekreporter.com.

The study, which involved the comparison of aerial pictures taken in 1938 to recent photographs, showed the massive urbanization that this part of metropolitan Athens has experienced in less than a century.