Images in this photo gallery are from the Acropolis, the mystical Sacred Rock which rises 100 metres above the Greek capital and ancient city of Athens, as the undisputed symbol of the emergence of western civilization. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Crowning its summit of the Acropolis is the magnificent landmark and icon Parthenon Temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena and remaining to the present day witness to the glorious Greek...
more »Images in this photo gallery are from the Acropolis, the mystical Sacred Rock which rises 100 metres above the Greek capital and ancient city of Athens, as the undisputed symbol of the emergence of western civilization. The Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Crowning its summit of the Acropolis is the magnificent landmark and icon Parthenon Temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena and remaining to the present day witness to the glorious Greek classical civilisation. The Parthenon, the Propylaia - the monumental entrance to the Acropolis, the exquisite temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion and its famous Caryatid porch were all erected between 447 and 406 BC, during monumental rebuilding and transformation of the Acropolis during the time of Perikles.
There are also images in this this photo gallery of the following.
Theatre of Dionysos on the southern slope of the Acropolis where the famous tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides and the comedies of Aristophanes were first performed.
Pynx Hill where speakers, including great statesmen's of antiquity addressed the citizens Assembly during the 5th and 4th centuries BC.
Aeropagos Hill, location of the first law court and the seat of the first aristocratic assembly of ancient Athens.
Filopappos Hill or Hill of the Muses, the highest summit in Southern Athens which is crowned by the tomb monument of Roman senator Gaius Julius Antiochus Filopappos.
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