c.1954 Greece Rhodes Acropolis of Lindos Greek Line Travel C. Neucia

Date: c.1954Artist: Neucia, C.Size (in): 31.75” x 23.5”Size (cm): 80.5 x 59.7Condition: B+Linen backed: No This vintage original poster was first issued by the National Tourist Organization of Greece in 1952 to promote travel to Rhodes, the largest of the country’s Dodecanese Islands, as a travel destination. This version here, overprinted with advertising for the Greek Line shipping company and the TSS Olympia, was likely issued a year or two later probably around 1954.   The Acropolis of Lindos is a natural citadel which has baffled archeologists and scholars of the ancient world for generations because the same site was fortified successively by the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans. Remains of The Temple of Athena Lindia, a significant Pan-Hellenic shrine of Athena and arguably the regional center of her cult, is depicted against the brilliant azure of the Aegean Sea and a cloudless sky. The lower margin is printed “No. 24 – 5,000 – 10.52 – Edited By The National Tourist Or