Athens Acropolis [site]
Item
- Title
- Athens Acropolis [site]
- Alternative Title
- Athenian Acropolis
- Drafter
- Heliog J. Chauvet
- City
- Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece
- Location
- Greece
- Building Creation Date
- ca. 480-393 BCE (creation)
- Century
- 5th century BCE
- 4th century BCE
- Description
- 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.
- Classification
- Architectural Documentation
- Documentation Type
- plans
- Style/Period
- Greek (ancient)
- Cultural Context
- Greek (ancient)
- Subject
- architectural exteriors
- architectural interiors
- deities
- mythology (Classical)
- Source
- 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.
- Access Rights
- Public Domain
- Related
- Parthenon
- Propylaea
- Erechtheion
- Temple of Athena Nike
- Sanctuary of Artemis
- Chalkotheke
- Item sets
- Architecture Illustrations
“Athens Acropolis [site]”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 14, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/18401