| The Acropolis, the hill on which the Parthenon & | | | | still convey something of the brilliancy of the age of |
| additional important ruins are located, is the first place | | | | Pericles.The word Acropolis deduces from the |
| you must see when visiting Athens. Not all its | | | | Ancient Greek words for "high city", and this |
| attractivenesses are on top side of the hill, so take | | | | monument is one of the world's most famous |
| your time to appreciate the ruins you will pass along | | | | ruinations. The consecrated rock on that the famous |
| your way upwards to the top of the hill. As a matter | | | | landmark perches is over 500 feet high, & the |
| of fact, before starting up, take a look at the | | | | towering columns have withstood the power of the |
| amphitheaters and the Odeon of Herod Atticus (this | | | | elements for more than 2500 years.The various |
| is one of the locatings where the Athens Festival is | | | | monuments of the Acropolis complex reverberate |
| held in the period of summer).This religious core of | | | | the successive waves of occupancy which Athens |
| ancient Athens, which received its classical pattern in | | | | has endured. But despite the demise of the Ancient |
| the time of Pericles, reverberated the humanist | | | | Greek civilisation more than 2000 years ago, it is their |
| values of Greek culture and thoughts which have | | | | architectural remains that captivate the imagination, |
| retained their power down to our own day. In spite | | | | and continue to pull millions from all over the |
| of the destruction by many centuries, most notably | | | | world.Although open throughout the year, perhaps |
| the devastating explosion in 1687, when a Venetian | | | | the best time to visit this rich historical site is in the |
| grenade blew up a Turkish powder magazine which | | | | period of the spring when the proliferation of grass |
| had been housed in the Parthenon & made the | | | | and wildflowers, & the less intense heat, makes it |
| 2,000-year-old temple a ruin, the surviving stays on | | | | extra special. |