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Rising to a height of between 60 and 70 meters above the city, the rocky flat-topped hill of the Acropolis is 300 meters ... to the glory of democratic Athens and its empire.

Take a look inside this magnificent home in Athens, which sits right next to the Acropolis. Greece Sotheby’s International ...

Athens sprawls ... Hill for a panoramic view that extends to the coast. Exarchia is also home to the National Archaeological Museum. Omonia, located north of the Acropolis and just west of ...

The Acropolis is a sacred hill in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon at its peak. Beside it is a smaller temple known as the Erechtheion, named after Erechtheus, a mythical king of Athens.

In 447 Pericles began the project he is most famous for: the building program on the Acropolis ... would reflect the prestige of imperial Athens: 'All kinds of enterprises should be created ...

While there are many more acropoleis (the plural of "acropolis") in Greece, it's this one in central Athens that garners the most attention. In fact, it's routinely referred to simply as "The ...

The Ministry of Culture together with the Ministry of Environment and Development have launched a general conservation and revitalisation programme for the main archaeological sites in Athens, ...