The Acropolis of Athens
In Greek acropolis means “city on high”, and it is in the top of the sacred mountain of Athens, is the Acropolis of Athens.
This is where you find one of the most representative buildings of Greece, where they have temples, meeting rooms where important personalities used to spend long hours of entertaining talks and also where is the Parthenon, one of the most important temples of Greek civilization dedicated to the deity Athena, goddess of wisdom, strategy and just war.
Its construction was taken place in the V century BC, led by Pericles and Phidias architect, after the Persian wars that led to Greek democracy.
Made in Athens on the hill above, it has 300 meters long and 150 wide, rising 156 meters above sea level. It is also known as Cecropia, after the mythical snake man.
Both the temples with its impressive columns, and sculptures in relief that despite the passage of time can be observed, leave us a glimpse of the power and the magnitude of the Greek people, the one where its citizens participated in some of the decisions of society.
The temples of this region have become the most famous architectural symbols of both ancient history as Greece. Today the Parthenon is an icon of Greek culture
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