Word: squalidity
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Dates: during 1889-1889
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...this time Athens was a town of some 10,000 inhabitants consisting principally of Turks, Greeks and Albanians. The city was poor and squalid, with narrow lanes, and no taverns for the accommodation of travelers. The houses were mean yet they contained many historic remains. The Acropolis was a Turkish fortress and closed to the Greeks; here lived the Turkish soldiery which garrisoned the city...