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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Acropolis, Athens' has mentioned 'Acropolis' in the following places:
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| For the neighbourhood of Athens, see Acropolis (neighbourhood). | WIKI |
| Acropolis, AthensUNESCO World Heritage SiteThe Acropolis of Athens, seen from the Hill of the MusesLocationAthens, Attica, GreeceCriteriaCultural: i, ii, iii, iv, viReference404Area3.04 haBufferxc2xa0zone116.71 ha | WIKI |
| The word acropolis is from the Greek words xe1xbcx84xcexbaxcfx81xcexbfxcexbd (akron, "highest point, extremity") and xcfx80xcfx8cxcexbbxcexb9xcfx82 (polis, "city"). | WIKI |
| [1] The term acropolis is generic and there are many other acropoleis in Greece. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Early settlement 1.2 Archaic Acropolis 1.3 The Periclean building program 1.4 Hellenistic and Roman period 1.5 Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman period 2 Archaeological remains 2.1 Site plan 3 The Acropolis Restoration Project 4 Cultural significance 5 Geology 5.1 Geological Issues 6 See also 7 References 8 External links | WIKI |
| The Acropolis is located on a flattish-topped rock that rises 150xc2xa0m (490xc2xa0ft) above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares (7.4 acres). | WIKI |
| This wall would serve as the main defense for the acropolis until the 5th century. | WIKI |
| At some time before the 13th century BC, an earthquake caused a fissure near the northeastern edge of the Acropolis. | WIKI |
| Archaic Acropolis[edit] | WIKI |
| Primitive Acropolis with the Pelargicon and the Old Temple of Athena. | WIKI |
| Not much is known about the architectural appearance of the Acropolis until the Archaic era. | WIKI |
| [11] Nevertheless, it seems that a nine-gate wall, the Enneapylon,[12] had been built around the acropolis hill and incorporating the biggest water spring, the Clepsydra, at the northwestern foot. | WIKI |
| Destruction of the Acropolis by the armies of Xerxes I, during the Second Persian invasion of Greece, 480-479 BC | WIKI |
| into the newly built northern curtain wall of the Acropolis, where they served as a prominent "war memorial" and can still be seen today. | WIKI |
| This "Persian debris" was the richest archaeological deposit excavated on the Acropolis by 1890. | WIKI |
| After winning at Eurymedon during 468 BC, Cimon and Themistocles ordered the reconstruction of the southern and northern walls of the Acropolis. | WIKI |
| During 437 BC, Mnesicles started building the Propylaea, a monumental gate at the western end of the Acropolis with Doric columns of Pentelic marble, built partly upon the old propylaea of Peisistratos. | WIKI |
| 3-D model of the Acropolis in 165 AD (click to rotate) | WIKI |
| During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, many of the existing buildings in the area of the Acropolis were repaired, due to damage from age, and occasionally, war. | WIKI |
| During the 3rd century, under threat from a Herulian invasion, repairs were made to the Acropolis walls, and the "Beulxc3xa9 Gate" was constructed to restrict entrance in front of the Propylaia, thus returning the Acropolis to use as a fortress. | WIKI |
| [36] During the Latin Duchy of Athens, the Acropolis functioned as the city's administrative center, with the Parthenon as its cathedral, and the Propylaea as part of the Ducal Palace. | WIKI |
| The buildings of the Acropolis suffered significant damage during the 1687 siege by the Venetians in the Morean War. | WIKI |
| Idealized reconstruction of the Acropolis and Areios Pagos in Athens, Leo von Klenze, 1846. | WIKI |
| During subsequent years, the Acropolis was a site of bustling human activity with many Byzantine, Frankish, and Ottoman structures. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis was besieged thrice during the Greek War of Independence (two sieges from the Greeks in 1821xe2x80x931822 and one from the Ottomans in 1826xe2x80x931827. | WIKI |
| The entrance to the Acropolis was a monumental gateway termed the Propylaea. | WIKI |
| At the centre of the Acropolis is the Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos (Athena the Virgin). | WIKI |
| South of the platform that forms the top of the Acropolis there are also the remains of the ancient, though often remodelled, Theatre of Dionysus. | WIKI |
| Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens showing the major archaeological remains | WIKI |
| The Acropolis Restoration Project[edit] | WIKI |
| View east toward the Acropolis under construction during summer 2014. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis Restoration Project began in 1975 with the goal to reverse the decay of centuries of attrition, pollution, destruction from military actions, and misguided past restorations. | WIKI |
| The project included collection and identification of all stone fragments, even small ones, from the Acropolis and its slopes and the attempt was made to restore as much as possible using reassembled original material (anastylosis), with new marble from Mount Pentelicus used sparingly. | WIKI |
| During the festival, a procession (believed to be depicted on the Parthenon frieze) traveled through the city via the Panathenaic Way and culminated on the Acropolis. | WIKI |
| Within the later tradition of Western Civilization and classical revival, the Acropolis, from at least the mid-18th century on, has often been invoked as a key symbol of the Greek legacy and of the glories of Classical Greece. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis is a klippe consisting of two lithostratigraphic units, the Athens schist and the overlying Acropolis limestone. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis limestone dates from the upper Jurassic period, predating the underlying Athens schist by about 30 million years. | WIKI |
| The Acropolis limestone was thrust over the Athens schist by compressional tectonic forces (Plate tectonics), forming a nappe or overthrust sheet. | WIKI |
| Erosion of the limestone nappe led to the eventual detachment of the Acropolis, forming the present day feature. | WIKI |
| Many of the hills in the Athens region were formed by the erosion of the same nappe as the Acropolis. | WIKI |
| The marble utilized to construct the buildings of the Acropolis was sourced from the quarries of Mount Pentelicus, a mountain to the northeast of the city. | WIKI |
| The limestone that the Acropolis is built upon is unstable because of the erosion and tectonic shifts that the region is prone to. | WIKI |
| Strong fortification walls have surrounded the summit of the Acropolis for more than 3,300 years. | UNESCO |
| In the 8th century BC, the Acropolis gradually acquired a religious character with the establishment of the cult of Athena, the cityxe2x80x99s patron goddess. | UNESCO |
| The Acropolisxe2x80x99 monuments, having survived for almost twenty-five centuries through wars, explosions, bombardments, fires, earthquakes, sackings, interventions and alterations, have adapted to different uses and the civilizations, myths and religions that flourished in Greece through time. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (i): The Athenian Acropolis is the supreme expression of the adaptation of architecture to a natural site. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): The monuments of the Athenian Acropolis have exerted an exceptional influence, not only in Greco-Roman antiquity, during which they were considered exemplary models, but also in contemporary times. | UNESCO |
| Throughout the world, Neo-Classical monuments have been inspired by all the Acropolis monuments. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): From myth to institutionalized cult, the Athenian Acropolis, by its precision and diversity, bears a unique testimony to the religions of ancient Greece. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The Athenian Acropolis is an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble illustrating significant historical phases since the 16th century BC. | UNESCO |
| Firstly, it was the Mycenaean Acropolis (Late Helladic civilization, 1600-1100 BC) which included the royal residence and was protected by the characteristic Mycenaean fortification. | UNESCO |
| The monuments of the Acropolis are distinctly unique structures that evoke the ideals of the Classical 5th century BC and represent the apex of ancient Greek architectural development. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): The Acropolis is directly and tangibly associated with events and ideas that have never faded over the course of history. | UNESCO |
| The authenticity of the Acropolis hill, crowned with the masterpieces of Greek Classical art and architecture, is well preserved. | UNESCO |
| The Acropolis has been operating as an archaeological site since 1833, shortly after the establishment of the modern Greek State. | UNESCO |
| Moreover, the Acropolis and its surroundings, which constitute monuments per se, are protected by legislative decrees (Ministerial Decrees F01/12970/503/25.2.82 concerning the designation of its buffer zone; and F43/7027/425/29.1.2004 concerning the designation of the peripheral zone of the city of Athens and imposing obligatory control before issuing any building or development permit within its boundaries). | UNESCO |
| Special protection is provided by the Presidential Decree No 24/2007, which declares the Acropolis area a no-fly zone. | UNESCO |
| Especially for the restoration, protection and monitoring of the property, an advisory body, the Committee for the Restoration and Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments, was founded in 1975 and is responsible for planning, directing and supervising the interventions. | UNESCO |