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THE CITY OF ATHENS
SITES OF INTEREST
ATTICA OVERVIEW MAP
Athens view from air
THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
THE PANATHENAIC STADIUM
THE TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTUS
KERAMEIKOS
SYNTAGMA SQUARE
PLAKA
SITES OF INTEREST
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The Acropolis of Athens (Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky
outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of
several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic
significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. The word acropolis comes from the Greek words ἄκρον
(akron, "edge, extremity") and πόλις (polis, "city").[1] Although
there are many other acropoleis in Greece, the significance of the
Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as "The Acropolis"
without qualification.
While there is evidence that the hill was inhabited as far back as the fourth
millennium BC, it was Pericles (c. 495 – 429 BC)
in the fifth century BC who coordinated the
construction of the site's most important buildings including the Parthenon,
the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the
temple of Athena Nike
THE ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS
The museum was founded in
2003, while the Organisation of
the Museum was established in
2008. It opened to the public on
June 20, 2009.[1] Nearly 4,000
objects are exhibited over an
area of 14,000 square
metres.The Organisation for the
Construction of the new
museum is chaired by Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki
Professor Emeritus of
Archaeology, Dimitrios
Pandermalis.
THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUMThe Acropolis Museum (Greek:
Μουσείο Ακρόπολης, Mouseio
Akropolis) is an archaeological
museum focused on the findings
of the archaeological site of the
Acropolis of Athens. The
museum was built to house
every artifact found on the rock
and on its feet, from the Greek
Bronze Age to Roman and
Byzantine Greece. It also lies on
the archaeological site of
Makrygianni and the ruins of a
part of Roman and early
Byzantine Athens.
PANATHENAIC STADIUMThe Panathenaic Stadium or
Panathinaiko (Greek: Παναθηναϊκό στάδιο), also known as the Kallimarmaro
(Καλλιμάρμαρο, meaning the "beautifully marbled"), is a multi-purpose stadium used
for several events and athletics in Athens that hosted
the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Reconstructed from the remains of an ancient
Greek stadium, the Panathenaic is the only major
stadium in the world built entirely of white marble.
The identification of this temple as Hephaesteion (location of
worship of the god Hephaestus) was ascertained by the
excavations and investigations that brought to light metallurgy workshops on the wider area of the hill, thus outshining earlier
opinions presuming that Theseus, Hercules or Aris (Mars)
were the deities worshipped there. The temple was probably erected between 460 and 420
BC by a yet unknown architect, to whom, however, are
attributed other temples of similar structure in the Attica
region.
THE TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTUSOn top of Agoraios Kolonos hill,
which is delimiting the Ancient Agora of Athens to the west,
stands the temple of Hephaestus, broadly known as
Thisio. It is one of the best preserved ancient temples,
partly because it was transformed into a Christian
church. According to the traveller and geographer
Pausanias - two deities were jointly worshipped in the temple: god Hephaestus,
protector of all metallurgists, and goddess Athena Ergani,
protecting all potters and the cottage industries.
The area took its name from the city square or dēmos (δῆμος) of the Kerameis (Κεραμεῖς, potters), which
in turn derived its name from the word κέραμος (kéramos, "pottery
clay", from which the English word "ceramic" is derived).[1] The "Inner
Kerameikos" was the former "potters' quarter" within the city
and "Outer Kerameikos" covers the cemetery and also the Dēmósion
Sēma (δημόσιον σῆμα, public graveyard) just outside the city
walls, where Pericles delivered his funeral oration in 431 BC. The
cemetery was also where the Ηiera Hodos (the Sacred Way, i.e. the
road to Eleusis) began, along which the procession moved for the
Eleusinian Mysteries. The quarter was located there because of the
abundance of clay mud carried over by the Eridanos River.
KERAMEIKOSKeramikos (Greek: Κεραμεικός) is an area of Athens, Greece,
located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an
extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon (Δίπυλον) Gate and by the
banks of the Eridanos River. It was the potters' quarter of the
city, from which the English word "ceramic" is derived, and
was also the site of an important cemetery and
numerous funerary sculptures erected along the road out of
the city towards Eleusis.
SYNTAGMA SQUARESyntagma Square (Greek:
Πλατεία Συντάγματος, Greek pronunciation: [plaˈtia sin
ˈdaɣmatos], English: Constitution Square)
(sometimes spelled 'Syndagma Square'), is a town square located in central Athens,
Greece. The Square is named after the Constitution that King Otto was obliged to grant, after a popular and military uprising on September 3, 1843.[1] It is the oldest and socially most important square of modern Athens, at the epicentre of
commercial activity during the nineteenth century.
The Greek Parliament is immediately across to the east, and surrounded by the extensive National
Gardens, which are open to the public; the
Parliament itself is not open to the public, even
when not in session. Every hour, the changing of the
guard ceremony, performed by the
Presidential Guard, is conducted in front of the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the area
between the square and parliament.
PLAKAPláka (Greek: Πλάκα) is
the old historical neighborhood of Athens,
clustered around the northern and eastern
slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating
labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.
Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the
ancient town of Athens. It is known as the
"Neighborhood of the Gods" due to its proximity
to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites.
THANK YOYEND OF
PRESENTATION