Visit Athens and not go see The Parthenon It is like going to Italy and not eating a pizza or like being in Paris and not eating a crèpe. It is undoubtedly the greatest jewel of Greece and the main tourist destination for all travelers arriving in the city of Athens. It was built some 400 years before the birth of Christ and is 10 m high. Construction began almost exclusively with white marble from Mount Pentélico and is a work started by Pericles to thank the Greek gods for their victory against the Persians. In the following centuries it became a Latin church, a Byzantine church and even a Muslim mosque, until in 1687 the Turks used it as a powder deposit during the Venetian siege.
Your current image, half collapsed, It is because of one of the Venetian bombs, which when falling there left it as it is preserved until today, being the best known ruins in the world. The decoration of the Parthenon is a unique combination of the eardrums, the metopes and a bas-relief carved frieze. They depict various scenes from the Greek mythology. It continues being the maximum exponent of the Doric style. It is one of the clearest examples of the excellent knowledge that the Greek architects and mathematicians of the time had in geometry. The architects achieved a visual effect that when viewed does not appreciate the deformations that are perceived if you place yourself in the vicinity of large monuments, a unique perspective.
The Parthenon is on the Acropolis of Athens, in the upper part of the city and the whole area can be visited from 8 in the morning to 7 in the afternoon. In the Acropolis You can enjoy other historical wonders such as the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Niké, in Pandroseion or Propylaea, but those are monuments that well deserve a separate article so in due course they will have it.
Exploring ATHENS, GREECE: Walking to the Acropolis (May 2024)
- Acropolis, Athens
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