Athens Acropolis [site]

Athenian Acropolis

Heliog J. Chauvet

Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece

Greece

ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)

5th century BCE

4th century BCE

restored plan

current plan, plans

The earliest significant architectural remains on the Acropolis, only date to the 13th century BCE. They include a terrace system that may have supported a palace complex. Athens was a major regional power and artistic centre under different political regimes from the 6th to the 4th century BCE. Around the 6th century BCE, the Acropolis, hitherto a place of refuge and perhaps a royal residence, assumed a purely religious function as a sanctuary of Athena, the patron goddess of the city, and many temples, treasuries and votive sculptures were erected there.

Architectural Documentation

fountains

water distribution structures

hydraulic structures

plans

Greek (ancient)

Greek (ancient)

architectural exteriors

architectural interiors

deities

mythology (Classical)

Seure, Georges. Monuments antiques, relevés et restaurés par les architectes pensionnaires de l’Académie de France à Rome

notices archéologiques par Georges Seure. Paris: C. Massin, 1910, 19.

Public Domain

Parthenon

Propylaea

Erechtheion

Temple of Athena Nike

Sanctuary of Artemis

Chalkotheke