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Acropolis Museum
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The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece. The Acropolis Museum also lies over the ruins of part of Roman and early Byzantine Athens.
The Acropolis Museum as seen from the top of the Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis Museum as seen from the top of the Acropolis of Athens
The archaeological site over which the new museum is built – the pink Weiler Building is seen top right, the two buildings scheduled for demolition ar
The archaeological site over which the new museum is built – the pink Weiler Building is seen top right, the two buildings scheduled for demolition are seen top left, with the rocky hill of Acropolis barely visible behind them.
Εarthworks in the archaeological site in Makrygianni, during the construction of the museum.
Εarthworks in the archaeological site in Makrygianni, during the construction of the museum.
Parthenon (left) and Acropolis Museum (right).
Parthenon (left) and Acropolis Museum (right).
Acropolis of Athens
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The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. The word Acropolis is from the Greek words ἄκρον and πόλις. The term acropolis is generic and there are many other acropoleis in Greece. During ancient times the Acropolis of Athens was also more properly known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man Cecrops, the supposed first Athenian king.
The Acropolis of Athens, seen from Philopappos Hill
The Acropolis of Athens, seen from Philopappos Hill
The Acropolis of Athens as seen from Mount Lycabettus The wooded Hill of the Nymphs is half-visible on its right, and Philopappos Hill on the left, im
The Acropolis of Athens as seen from Mount Lycabettus The wooded Hill of the Nymphs is half-visible on its right, and Philopappos Hill on the left, immediately behind. The Philopappos Monument is seen here where, in the distant background, the coast of Peloponnese meets the waters of the Saronic Gulf.
Primitive Acropolis with the Pelargicon and the Old Temple of Athena.
Primitive Acropolis with the Pelargicon and the Old Temple of Athena.
Elevation view of a proposed reconstruction of the Old Temple of Athena. Built around 525 BC, it stood between the Parthenon and the Erechtheum. Fragm
Elevation view of a proposed reconstruction of the Old Temple of Athena. Built around 525 BC, it stood between the Parthenon and the Erechtheum. Fragments of the sculptures in its pediments are in the Acropolis Museum.