- It's the safest most secure place in town. As little as 150 years ago there were still dwellings on the Acropolis of Athens.
- The Acropolis rock with its characteristic trapezoidal shape, dominates the city of Athens, at an altitude of 157 m. The uncovering and restitution of its m.
- The Acropolis of Athens, home to the Parthenon, is a place overflowing with secrets, myths, and fascinating historical facts.
- The Peripatos, the circuit road around the foot of the Acropolis, viewed from the cave sanctuaries. The north slope of the Acropolis.
- The Acropolis of the fifth century BC is the most accurate reflection of the splendour, power and wealth of Athens at its greatest peak, the golden age of Perikles.
- Athens Travel Guide. The Roman Forum. ... The Peripatos was the ancient street that ran around the north side of the Acropolis.
- Every corner of the Acropolis of Athens, ancient Greece’s most famous historical landmark, stands ready to reveal its secrets.
- A Latin archbishopry is establishes on the Acropolis. In 1387, the Propylea became the residence of the duke of Athens Nerio Acciaioli.
- In the second half of the 4th century BC, Lycurgus, archon of Athens from 337 BC, completely renovated the old wooden theater, turning it into a stone one.
- During ancient times the Acropolis of Athens was also more properly known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man Cecrops. ... Peripatos.