Acropolis
Acropolis
Acropolis Greek ancient temple is located on top of a hill in the Greek capital Athens. The religious and military center - the city-state - in ancient Greece, where the Greeks usually are fortifying a mountain called the Acropolis in the city or near the purpose of defense. The term «Acropolis» Greek term acroos the author of two words and their meaning is high off the ground, and «Polis» means city or town statelet. It is one of the most prominent features that should have been annexed any small state or city in the classical Greek period (fifth to the eighth century BC).
As indicated by the name (high) or the city (side) the city also was the Acropolis, political, spiritual and financial city center, enriched by the government installations, temples, altars, and they contain the state treasury, and the people go there to rid the government documents.
And rising up to the top of the Acropolis, the Temple of 156 meters above sea level, 92 meters above the city of Athens low, a real natural fortress can be accessed only from the ground sloping to the west, the other aspects Vtaatdly bearish slope. Thanks to the location and strategic importance of the Acropolis was the first residence of the kings of Attica and the guards, and contains a lot of statues and sacred stones, surrounded Balokrobolis high walls, is a Greek temple archaeological first, and contains the edifices are many kings, destroyed mostly by the Persians in 479 BC and vowed Parthenon re-built in 447 BC.
Acropolis was also a major mosque, surrounded by minarets in the era of the Ottoman Empire, where he was able to steal the Turks in 1394 and was taken minarets and the Parthenon temple turned into a mosque. In 1686 the Turks destroyed the Temple of Athena in order to build a defensive covering and to protect them from enemies who directed them to shell blew up the Parthenon and turned it into a gunpowder store, as the Acropolis was the era of the Crusaders in the seat of the Archbishop of Athens.
And began the Greek Revolution in 1821 after a struggle for almost a year, Odysseus Ondruzos seized the Acropolis, and in 1833 the temple came under Greek control until today represents the highest archaeological site technician Greek, and Greece was the constantly renovate operations, and visited daily thousands of tourists who come to him from all over the world.
Abound in Athens, capital of Greece, which has a charming beauty of nature and quiet far from the tourist and historical monuments that reflect the splendor of ancient architecture, along with aspects of modern life, and the Acropolis of the most famous of these monuments, the biggest testament to the Greek civilization is.
It is known that the Acropolis was often the place of residence or palace of the king, as it was used for military Castle and signed resort city residents in emergency situations, and was commends the most important temples, which contains the tombs of the Greek gods.
In a statement to the «Middle East» Toganides Nicholas head of the renovation project of the Acropolis, Temple said: «restoration of the Parthenon temple project that began 25 years ago, we brought the necessary equipment and lifting machines and collected all the marble artifacts were scattered and dumped around the Acropolis and we got to their places of origin, and will be returned in accordance with the program of renovation, which will continue another 15 years. »He added: «During the war between the Turks and the Italians at the end of the seventeenth century was driving targeted at the Acropolis and the destruction of the Temple and the fall of the roof and scattering artifacts all around him».
The tourist Vampio Randy Italian who was visiting on a hill of the Acropolis, he said: «We have a tour around the Acropolis, it's a fantastic and fun, I often heard him so I came here to watch it from near and when stepped up to the temple and found it very nice, especially you see all the city Athens from the top, and of course I will come back here again and I will introduce my friends to come here, the fact that I say every person that comes here to watch it ».
The construction site of the Acropolis temple is significant ideological, it is built on a rock known as «the sacred rock» in Athens, the Acropolis and radiates strength and protection to its citizens, has become the temples of the Acropolis of the most famous architectural landmarks in ancient history and contemporary. In addition, the Parthenon temple is now a global symbols that refer to the Greek civilization, and includes the UNESCO logo on the picture of this temple, where a culture, education, and after that in 1987 the site was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referring to the diagram to the Temple of the Parthenon, which sits on top of the hill, it was built on a large base is composed of three degrees, high total of 170 cm, a length of 68.40 meters and 30.30 meters, and is surrounded by al-Qaeda gallery holds one row of rotator-style columns, the number in each of the interfaces of the temple eight and, in each of the two sides seventeen columns, and different Parthenon from other Greek temples, features the internal columns Foreign columns involved in carrying the frieze carved at its introduction, as divided base of the temple into two sections, devoted the bulk of the statue of the goddess Athena, while devoted to the Department of younger Vows to put gifts.
For the temple of the goddess Athena, which sits on a hill of the Acropolis, is considered a smaller temple Greek at all, carry the title of Nikki and meaning of victory in Greek, one of the titles of the goddess Athena, and is located on the southern edge of the hill, and has in each of the Ajhettih gallery laptop on four Ionic columns fashioned, was almost built in 426 BC and restored in the nineteenth century AD, after which the affected elements of nature.
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