Another beautiful building is the Propylaea, the entrance gate of the Acropolis.

The most famous example is the Acropolis of Athens, which, by reason of its historical associations and the several famous buildings erected upon it ( most notably the Parthenon ), is known without qualification as the Acropolis.

The Areopagus, the " mount of Ares " where Paul of Tarsus preached, is sited at some distance from the Acropolis ; from archaic times it was a site of trials.

The Acropolis of Athens ( Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών ) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

Although there are many other acropoleis in Greece, the significance of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as " The Acropolis " without qualification.

The Acropolis is located on a flat-topped rock that rises above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares.

There is no conclusive evidence for the existence of a Mycenean palace on top of the Athenian Acropolis.

Not much is known as to the architectural appearance of the Acropolis until the archaic era.

This " Persian debris " is the richest archaeological deposit excavated on the Acropolis and is well known throughout Greece.

At the centre of the Acropolis is the Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos ( Athena the Virgin ).

The most well-known is the Acropolis of Athens, but nearly every Greek city-state had one-the Acrocorinth famed as a particularly strong fortress.

Kerameikos () is an area of Athens, Greece, located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon ( Δίπυλον ) Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River.

The temple is located about 500 m ( 1640 feet ) south-east of the Acropolis, and about 700 m ( 2, 300 feet ) south of the center of Athens, Syntagma Square.

Pergamon's other notable structure is the great temple of the Egyptian gods Isis and / or Serapis, known today as the " Red Basilica " ( or Kızıl Avlu in Turkish ), about one kilometer south of the Acropolis.

The Parthenon () is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron.

The Older or Pre-Parthenon, as it is frequently referred to, was still under construction when the Persians sacked the city in 480 BC and razed the Acropolis.

* The Temple of Goddess Athena on the Acropolis of Athens is sacked.

South of the platform that forms the top of the Acropolis there are also the remains of an outdoor theatre called Theatre of Dionysus.

Though, according to the 4th-century BC father of botany, Theophrastus, olive trees ordinarily attained an age of about 200 years, he mentions that the very olive tree of Athena still grew on the Acropolis ; it was still to be seen there in the 2nd century AD ; and when Pausanias was shown it, ca 170 AD, he reported " Legend also says that when the Persians fired Athens the olive was burnt down, but on the very day it was burnt it grew again to the height of two cubits.

Three kilometers south of the Acropolis, down in the valley, there was the Sanctuary of Asclepius ( also known as the Asclepieion ), the god of healing.

During 1985, the group also released its second album Nova Akropola ( The New Acropolis ) via British independent record label Cherry Red.

Phidias also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, namely the Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon and the Athena Promachos, a colossal bronze statue of Athena which stood between it and the Propylaea, a monumental gateway that served as the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens.

* The temple to Athena Nike ( also known as the Wingless Victory ) on the Athenian Acropolis is completed.

King Sisyphus also betrayed one of Zeus's secrets by telling the river god Asopus of the whereabouts of his daughter Aegina ( an Asopides who was taken away by Zeus ) in return for causing a spring to flow on the Corinthian Acropolis.

He also mentions in another account she was taken by Boreas not along the Ilissos, but from the Areopagus, a rock outcropping near the Acropolis where murderers were tried.

The Acropolis was also known as the Cecropia in his honor.

Athena ( also known as Areia ) received him on the Acropolis of Athens and arranged a formal trial of the case before twelve Attic judges.

International events such as the 2004 Summer Olympic Games and the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, both held in Athens, greatly helped to boost tourism in the country, while large-scale nationally-funded cultural infrastructure such as the New Acropolis Museum also contributed to the flow of tourists in the country.

Excavations were also undertaken in the Northeast Acropolis and the Culebras residential group ( especially focusing on Structure C20 ).

The neighborhood has also been referred to as a " college town " within New York City, the " Academic Acropolis ", the " Acropolis of New York ", and " Bloomingdale Village ".

Cleomenes also abolished the Boule, a council set up by Cleisthenes, and occupied the Acropolis.

The Burgundians brought chivalry and tournaments to Athens ; they also fortified the Acropolis.

* The Hephaesteum below the Acropolis at Athens, long known as the " Theseum " ( 449 – 444 BC ), also one of the most intact Greek temples surviving from antiquity )

Hexastyle was also applied to Ionic temples, such as the prostyle porch of the sanctuary of Athena on the Erechtheum, at the Acropolis of Athens.

She also appeared as Despina, Memo's love interest, in the 90's sitcom, Acropolis Now and young firefighter " Mad Dog " Cartwright in the first season of Fire ( TV series ).

In its interior, there was also a water clock ( or clepsydra ), driven by water coming down from the Acropolis.

The state treasury was also kept on the Acropolis, making its security important.

In 1989-92 he starred in TV sitcom " Acropolis Now " for 5 seasons ( 63 episodes ) which he also created and co-wrote.

In 1990-1991 he toured Australia with the stage production of " Acropolis Now Live ", which he also co-wrote & produced.

, the mayor of Brick Township is Stephen C. Acropolis ( R, term of office ends December 21, 2013 ).

On November 6, 2007, Stephen C. Acropolis defeated Kelly in a race to fill the remaining two years of Scarpelli's term.

Acropolis Now helped popularise the term " skippy " or " skip " to refer to peoples of white Australian descent.

The Perserschutt, a German term meaning " Persian debris ", or " Persian rubble ", refers to the bulk of architectural and votive sculptures that were damaged by the invading Persian army on the Acropolis of Athens in 480 BC.