Lord Byron Graffitis Greece by Jane Collins

Long before graffiti covered subway trains and any viable urban surface, Lord Byron, the renowned English Romantic poet, was carving his initials into Classical Greek temples.

In the 1820s, while Byron lived in Greece and fought for Greek


Independence, he visited this 450 BC temple and decided to leave his mark (literally). Byron's graffiti is still preserved here at the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounio.

Fortunately, modern tourists are no longer immortalizing themselves on the temple walls.

Location:Leoforos Souniou,Legrena,Greece