Acropolis In Ancient Greece

Acropolis signifies 'high city' in Greek language. Most city-states in old Greece had at their middle a rough hill or slope where they fabricated their critical sanctuaries and where the general population could withdraw to if under assault. The most celebrated acropolis is the one in Athens. (Anon., 2015)

The greatest and finest sanctuary of ancient Athens, dedicated primarily to its patron, the goddess Athena, dominates the centre of the modern city from the rocky crag known as the Acropolis. The most celebrated myths of ancient Athens, its greatest religious festivals, earliest cults and several decisive events in the city's history are all connected to this sacred precinct. The monuments of the Acropolis stand in harmony

if not prior, at any rate some portion of the Acropolis had formed into the asylum of the goddess Athena, the eternal benefactor of the city. It is likely that the first sanctuary of Athena Polias was developed in this period keeping in mind the end goal to house a wooden clique statue of the goddess. Another grand sanctuary was constructed towards the end of the sixth century, but then another was started after the Athenian triumph over the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C. In any case, the Acropolis was caught and obliterated by the Persians 10 years after the fact (in 480 B.C.). (Anon., 2015)

The very first fortresses of the Acropolis were built by Mycenaean in the 13th century BC. Some of these constructions preserved till 510 BC, but with the fall of tyrant Hippias, most of it was ruined in order to prevent the return of tyranny. After rob and pillage by the Persians for thirty three years the Athenians did not wish to rebuild the Acropolis. And only by the insistence of Pericles the ‘high city’ was reconstructed as a long testament to glory of democratic Athens and its empire. Further improvements were made by the Romans inpreceding conception when they attacked Greece in 146 BC.(Anon.,

Constrained examination occurred in 1835 and 1837, while in 1885-1890 the site was efficiently unearthed under P. Kavvadias. In the mid twentieth century N. Balanos headed the first extensive scale reclamation venture. A Committee for the Conservation of the Monuments on the Acropolis was made in 1975 with the mean to arrange and attempt substantial scale protection and reclamation on the Acropolis. The undertaking, directed by the Service of Restoration of the Monuments of the Acropolis as a team with the First Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, is still in