Acropolis

Acropolis

Acropolisis a collection of some of the ruins of ancient buildings that used to be a small temple at the center of Athens history, this area is a plateau with a height of 156 m. Acropolis in the estimate up since the year began in 1300 BC, but this city was destroyed by the Persian empire in 480 BC, but the city is re-built around the year 467 until 404 BC, the city was built back in time to beat Greece Persia. Athens can not be separated with the Acropolis, the building is now a major tourist destination of Athens, the ancient Acropolis has a statue of goddess Athena as high as 12 meters from the gold and ivory statue is in place it in a temple that has the name of the Parthenon. In addition to the Parthenon Temple on the hillside of the Acropolis there are also the old town of Plaka, which until now there are relics of ancient buildings are still sturdy, the building is in the estimate has been inhabited and developed with buildings dating back thousands of years ago. In ancient times the city is already equipped with a named port of Piraeus is the largest port in Greece at that time. Athena does indeed have a lot of old buildings that have a high historical value, on the island of Egina there is one ancient building in the form of the name Aphina Temple, the temple has 23 pillars is still standing strong, this temple was built in 5th century BC, this temple is a place Aphaia Goddess worship. Acropolis became so popular as a tourist attraction because of its simplicity to the reach from all directions. The main attraction of the Acropolis is the Parthenon temple that is located right in the middle of this hill. Parthenon is a temple of the Greek god Athena is regarded as the patron deity of the people of Athens. The temple is expected to be built at about the fifth century BC, and it took over twenty five years until the building was completed in the wake. The building is the oldest building of all the ancient buildings in Greece. Parthenon is the symbol of ancient Greek democracy and is the world's largest historical monument. Therefore, the Greek Ministry of Culture is doing restoration to preserve historic sites are very popular and is visited by thousands of people every day. When you visit this place you'll see the magic of an extraordinary building, but the reason to preserve this building, the Greek government put protective wire actually interfere with the view, the building has no roof because according to the archaeologists in the ancient roof of the building is made of wood or materials that are easily weathered, so do not hold up to hundreds of years, although there are some old buildings that have roofs, but the buildings are designed with a stone roof.