Location: Greece: AcropolisOriginal purpose: Temple complex
Affiliation: Ancient Greek
Current purpose: Museum
Open to public: Yes, E11, Some parts closed for reconstruction
Acropolis is, perhaps, the most well-recognised temple complex in the world.
It has been dominating the Athenian skyline for many millennia.
It appears that there always was some kind of temple or sacred place on top of this hill from Neolithic sacrificial grounds to most recently a church and a mosque. Even Nazi sought it out as an important achievement in their quest for global domination, widely celebrating installation of their flag atop the hill.
Most recently, after centuries of serious archaeological and reconstruction efforts, the Acropolis boasts a number of major temples (or what’s left or had been reconstructed of them): Parthenon (temple of Athena), Old Temple of Athena, Erechtheum (celebration of the competition between Athena and Poseidon), Athena Nike, Eleusinion (temple of Demeter) and many minor ones.
It is magnificent trying to reconstruct what it may have been looked like at the top of its glory.
It is also interesting to contemplate that there are still visible representations of many eras and epochs built on top of each other.
It has been dominating the Athenian skyline for many millennia.
It appears that there always was some kind of temple or sacred place on top of this hill from Neolithic sacrificial grounds to most recently a church and a mosque. Even Nazi sought it out as an important achievement in their quest for global domination, widely celebrating installation of their flag atop the hill.
Most recently, after centuries of serious archaeological and reconstruction efforts, the Acropolis boasts a number of major temples (or what’s left or had been reconstructed of them): Parthenon (temple of Athena), Old Temple of Athena, Erechtheum (celebration of the competition between Athena and Poseidon), Athena Nike, Eleusinion (temple of Demeter) and many minor ones.
It is magnificent trying to reconstruct what it may have been looked like at the top of its glory.
It is also interesting to contemplate that there are still visible representations of many eras and epochs built on top of each other.
Gigantic doorway to the Erechteum
Front (West) entrance to the ParthenonView Larger Map
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