Acropolis

The word acropolis (Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, akropolis; from akros (άκρος) or akron (άκρον), "highest, topmost, outermost", and polis (πόλις), "city";...

The Acropolis of Athens is the most famous acropolis. It is a large hill, in the center of Athens, on which the Parthenon and other Greek buildings were...

Ancient World. He also designed the statues of the goddess Athena on the Acropolis. These were the Athena Parthenos inside the Parthenon and the Athena Promachos...

worked for the Acropolis Museum. He died on 14 September 2022, at the age of 82. Hodson, Mark (6 July 2008). "The new Greek Acropolis Museum". The Sunday...

The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens. It was named after the Greek goddess, Athena Nike. The temple was built around 420BC...

Tiryns (Ancient Greek: ἡ Τίρυνς) was an ancient Greek acropolis (city). The remains are in the Peloponnese, a large peninsula and region in southern Greece...

The Stoa of Eumenes was a stoa on the Acropolis of Athens. The building was a gift to the city in about 160 BC, by Eumenes II of Pergamon. Today there...

Oxford George of Podebrady becomes King of Bohemia Pope Pius II becomes pope Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens....

The Parthenon is a temple in the middle of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece (Europe). It was a temple to honor the goddess Athena for nearly 900 years...

His parents were Agenor and Telephassa, the king and queen of Tyre. The acropolis of Thebes was originally named Cadmeia in his honor. Kerenyi, Karl, 1959...

national chess champion (1995, 1996 and 1998). He won at Athens 2005 (Acropolis International). He was a two-times winner of the huge Cappelle-la-Grande...

Acrocorinth is the acropolis of the Greek city Corinth. Hellenic Ministry of Culture: Fortress of Acrocorinth Archived 2007-04-07 at the Wayback Machine...

Areopagus is the name of a rock formation close to the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece. In Greek, the hill is called Areios Pagos, the hill of Ares. The...

famous figurines of white marble; the New Acropolis Museum, opened in 2009, replacing the old museum on the Acropolis. Almost one million people visited during...

Pebdeli is known for its white marble which was also used to build the Acropolis in Athens. This short article about Europe can be made longer. You can...

though no one is entirely sure why they were built. In Ancient Greece, the Acropolis was important in the life of the people, serving as a place of safety...

The sculpture of a Kritios Boy is made on Acropolis, Athens (approximate date). It is now kept in the Acropolis Museum in Athens. Work begins on the detail...

as well. An ancient polis often centered around a citadel, called the acropolis. Nearly always it had an agora (market) and typically one or more temples...

of Maidens (Caryatid Porch), is completed in the Ionian style on the Acropolis in Athens after 16 years of building. Philolaus, Greek mathematician and...

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List, UNESCO, retrieved 2012-01-13 Acropolis, Athens, UNESCO, retrieved 2012-01-13 Archaeological Site of Aigai (modern...