Authorities in Athens announced the closure of the Acropolis for five hours due to heat wave temperatures that also prompted ...

Situated on a rocky outcrop above Athens, Greece ... It has experienced construction as well as destruction. The Acropolis of today is the result of centuries of construction and destruction.

The intention, says Hurwit, was to represent Athens as the greatest of Greek cities and the Athenians as the greatest of Greeks. “To walk through the classical Acropolis was to traverse a marble ...

Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district ... visitors raved about the attraction's construction, especially its glass floors ...

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.