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Another beautiful building is the Propylaea, the entrance gate of the Acropolis.
Acropolis is also the term used by archaeologists and historians to the urban Castro culture settlements located in Northwestern Iberian hilltops.
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.
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.

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* 438 BC: Ictinus and Callicrates finish construction of the Parthenon, located on Athens ' Acropolis.
Further, the Central Bank of Cyprus is located in the Acropolis area of the Cypriot capital.
The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens, is one of the most representative symbols of the culture and sophistication of the ancient Greeks.
It was located at the base of the Acropolis.
There is an asclepieion located on the south slopes of the Acropolis of Athens which dates to around 420 BC.
The Pnyx is located less than west of the Acropolis and 1. 6 km south-west of the centre of modern Athens, Syntagma Square.
Throughout his life Phocion lived in a home which was humble, with spare decoration, located at the Melite neighborhood, southward from the Acropolis.
At that time, the city ( as throughout the Ottoman period ) had a small population of an estimated 400 houses, mostly located around the Acropolis in the Plaka.
The Ancient Agora of Athens ( aka Forum of Athens in older texts ) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and is bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Colonus Agoraeus.
Tatoi, located 5 km north of Athens's suburbs, and 27 km from the Athenian Acropolis was the summer palace and 10, 000 acre estate of the former Greek Royal Family, and the site of George II of the Hellenes's birth.
It is sometimes confused with the later and better-preserved Odeon of Herodes Atticus, located nearby on the southwest slope of the Acropolis.
Site covers about 12 square kilometers ; for study purposes was divided into three large units, and worked the southern part, which is the best preserved ; it is the Acropolis ( area where the main structures are located, believed to be the shelter of political, economic and religious powers ), representing therefore a good example of the settlement.
Although the pleated kilt has been linked to an ancient statue ( 3rd century BC ) located in the area around the Acropolis in Athens, there are no surviving ancient Greek clothings that can confirm this connection.
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone theatre structure located on the south slope of the Acropolis of Athens.
The arch is located 325m southeast of the Acropolis.
* Poseidon – High-speed water coaster with incredibly detailed theming, such as the Trojan Horse, and the station being located inside a recreated Acropolis temple.

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Renan's 1862 biography of Jesus had denied his divinity, and he had written the " Prayer on the Acropolis " addressed to the goddess Athena.
It was from tribute paid to the league that Pericles set to building the Parthenon on the Acropolis, replacing an older temple, as well as many other non-defense related expenditures.
The Acropolis was formally proclaimed as the preeminent monument on the European Cultural Heritage list of monuments on 26 March 2007.
However, if there was such a palace, it seems to have been supplanted by later building activity on the Acropolis.
All the valuable ancient artifacts are situated in the Acropolis Museum, which resides on the southern slope of the same rock, 280 metres from the Parthenon.
During the festival, a procession ( believed to be depicted on the Parthenon frieze ) traveled through the city via the Panathenaic Way and culminated on the Acropolis.
Within the later tradition of Western Civilization and classical revival the Acropolis, from at least the mid-18th century on, has often been invoked as a key symbol of the Greek legacy and of the glories of Classical Greece.
* Acropolis of Athens, Full Reconstruction, animation by the Technological Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, on YouTube
* Timelapse video of Acropolis during Earth Hour 2010 Timelapse showing how the Acropolis of Athens switched off & on the lights during Earth Hour 2010
In 1806, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to 1803 removed the large collection of marble sculptures from the Parthenon, on the Acropolis in Athens and transferred them to the UK.
After the battle, a sacred precinct was established for Pan in a grotto on the north slope of the Acropolis, and a sacrifice was annually offered.
In ancient Greece, the Acropolis ( literally: " peak of the city "), placed on a commanding eminence, was important in the life of the people, serving as a refuge and stronghold in peril and containing military and food supplies, the shrine of the god and a royal palace.
When they were together one day on the Acropolis of Athens, Perdix was asking Daedalus about his son who had died, Icarus.
When the Athenians worshiped Erechtheus on the Acropolis, they invoked him as Poseidon Erechtheus.
An inscription identifies him as the architect of " the Temple of Nike " in the Sanctuary of Athena Nike on the Acropolis ( IG I < sup > 3 </ sup > 35 ).
* A Mycenaean Fountain on the Athenian Acropolis by Oscar Broneer
* 1941 – World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika.

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