During the Greek War of Independence in the early 19th century the Acropolis returned to the hands of the descendants of the ancient Greek architects of the Classical miracle of the Pericles' Golden Age. The features dated from the Byzantine to Ottoman periods were removed to restore the monument...
,000 square feet) of exhibition space and a full range of visitor amenities, the Acropolis Museum tells the story of life on the Athenian Acropolis and its surroundings by uniting collections formerly dispersed in multiple institutions, including the small Acropolis Museum built in the 19th century...
During excavations 挖掘 on the Acropolis in the 19th century, many decrees were uncovered which involved the regulation of both domestic and foreign affairs. In the first category belonged decrees dealing mainly with the annual reports of the city's overseers, officers entrusted with the oversight ...
The Parthenon suffered severe damage during the 1600s when an explosion occurred inside the temple. Until that time, the Parthenon had withstood time in good condition. In the 19th century, its devastation was complete when Lord Elgin, the English ambassador to Constantinople, stole most of the ...
The Frankish Tower was torn down in the late 19th century by archeologists who wanted to return the Acropolis to its classical appearance. Restoration began to preserve its structures, focusing on undoing damage caused by centuries of neglect and war and ensuring that no further damage would occur...
Statues decorate the gardens as well as flowerbeds and small ruins of antiquity. The gardens of Zappeion can also be found here, which surround the ancient congress hall that was built in the 19th century. 13. Panathenaic Stadium Though built by the ancients, Panathenaic Stadium holds a specia...
The new museum was also designed to house the rest of the Parthenon sculptures (often called the Elgin Marbles), which were removed from the Parthenon by Lord Elgin in the 19th century and are currently housed in the British Museum. The Greek government has repeatedly requested repatriation of ...
In the shadow of the 19th-century, neo-Byzantine Greek Orthodox Cathedral (Mitrópolis) nestles the 12th-century Mitrópolis,Áyios Elefthérios, one of three genuineByzantinechurches still surviving. It is red brick, like the others, and tiny. Its Pentelic marble is ruddied with age, and ...
5th century ce is known as "Classical antiquity," encompassing Greco-Roman culture, playing a major role in the Mediterranean sphere of influence and in the creation of Western civilization, and shaping areas as diverse as law, architecture, art, language, poetry, rhetoric, politics, and ...
a mosque (1460), and its bell tower was turned into a minaret. Other mosques were built in the lower town, but in general the age of gunpowder was to prove disastrous for Athenianarchitecture, especially on the Acropolis, which was still virtually intact as late as the mid-17th century. ...