Athens (Greece) NO ACROPOLIS!
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The quiet night just before the storm in Athens. Acropolis seen from the Lycabettus hill.
I have so many shots of the Parthenon I finally just picked one to post. i tried to find an angle that had not been done but with all the tourists up there (including me) there isn't much else possible.
Explored 17 May 2015
The Acropolis Hill during sunset time in Athens, Greece. Creating vivid colors around the ancient hill and highlighting the Parthenon on the top of it!
El sol del atardecer refleja en la Acropolis y Odeon de Herodes Ático, resaltando el Partenon. Vista desde el monte Filopapo. Atenas, Grecia.
The Acropolis of Athens is an ancient citadel located on an extremely rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.
Acropolis at sunrise, built nearly 2600 years ago, and withstood the acid rain and other environmental factors that destroy almost any building during 26 centuries.
ACROPOLIS - Propylaea, propylea or propylaia , is any monumental gateway in ancient Greek architecture.
It was actually in much better shape than this, until 1687, when During the Morean War, the Venetians attacked the city and bombarded the place. The Ottomans stored their ammunition here, and the entire place went BOOM. It's about 500 feet to the top. Did they think it was safe to store gunpowder up here? And it must have been some chore to haul all those explosives up this hill. The site is still undergoing restoration, because of the ravages of time, but also because earlier restorations used material that damaged the original pieces, or the restoration itself was in error. You can see the elevator, and the on the right, front is covered in scaffolding. There are also several cranes inside. It's got to be a true labor of love. Beautiful beyond words.
I've been off the face if the internet for a month now. First for a trip to Greece and then the crash of my hard drive. But I'm slowly getting my back ups on to the new hard drive. I seem to have back ups of everything except my contact list.
These are photos of the Acropolis in Athens and was just day one of a 17 day tour, so I suspect I'll bore everyone to death with my holiday photos.
On the other side of the building is a well that was said to be the location where Poseidon's trident landed.
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The Parthenon (Greek: Παρθενών) is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena
Acropolis of Athens as seen from Philopappou hill (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens).
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