History of the Acropolis
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Acropolis in Modern Era
Read more: Acropolis in Modern EraThe Acropolis After the Liberation of Greece In 1821, after three and a half centuries of occupation, the Greeks revolted to overthrow the Ottoman Empire from their land. During the struggle, the Acropolis changed hands several times and the monuments…
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Post-Classical Acropolis
Read more: Post-Classical AcropolisHellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Eras During the Hellenistic era, the King of Pergamon, Eumenes II, commissioned the Pedestal of Agrippas to support a composition of four bronze sculptures. A few minor buildings were added, and some modifications of existing structures also…
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Archaic Acropolis
Read more: Archaic Acropolis7th Century BCE During the 7th c. BCE monumental sculpture and architecture began its development in mainland through a number of building projects in the Acropolis of Athens, at cape Sounion in the southern tip of Attica and in other…
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Prehistoric Acropolis
Read more: Prehistoric AcropolisStone Age The chronicle of the Acropolis of Athens is lost in prehistory, to a time even before the plane of Attica began to be cultivated. While the area around Attica was inhabited during the Upper Paleolithic period (30000 –…
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History of the Acropolis
Read more: History of the AcropolisGeology The Acropolis rock is part of a Late Cretaceous limestone ridge (Higgins) that cuts through the Attica plateau in the northeast to the southwest axis and includes the Likavitos hill, the Philopappos (Museum) hill, the hill of the Nymphs,…