Athens Acropolis [site]

Athenian Acropolis

Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece

Greece

ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)

5th century BCE

Architecture and City Planning

acropolises

archaeological sites

Greek (ancient)

Greek (ancient)

White marble

carving (processes)

construction

architectural exteriors

architectural interiors

deities

mythology (Classical)

General view of Acropolis from the city, 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.

Javier Gomez

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