Greece Travel Guía

The Acropolis known also like ”the Sacred Rock” of Athens, it is the most essential ancient monument in the western world. Crowned by the Parthenon, this erects the lookout on Athens, visibly of about the city. The twinkle of monuments of white marble in the sun of midday and capture a tone of honey in the twilight, while at night they are extremely illuminated. Pericles begins transforming the Acropolis in a city of temples after the information for the oracle Delphic into (510 aC) that this should do a province of the gods to itself. Without equal in the grace and the harmony, the Parthenon is the biggest Dorian temple ever completed in Greece, the only one constructed completely (exceptó its roof of wood) of marble Pentelic.

The Parthenon had a dual target to the house the gigantic statue of Atenea, commissioned by Pericles and to serve like the treasure for the money of tax that had been moved of delos. It was constructed on the place of four earlier temples, it quite dedicated to the adoration of Atenea. Next to the Parthenon there is the Erechtheion dedicated to the adoration of two main gods of the Ática, Atenea and Poseidón the Temple of Atenea Nike, and the Propylaea, the monumental entry of the Acropolis.

The Museum of Acropolis is considered to be one of most of main museums in the world. This museum contains the portable objects that might be removed of the Acropolis from middle of the century nineteen. Several masterpieces have been stolen during many occupations of Greece, but the museum nevertheless stores many masterpieces of the Sanctum Athenian of “Be afraid of us” of Atenea Parthenos. The museum shows only sculptures and statues of the monuments of the Acropolis. The vases and inscriptions are contained in the Archaeological National museum of Athens and the Museum Epigraphical

Agora Although the place is now a miscellany of monuments and ruins from diverse periods, in the heyday of Athens the Agora was the center of urban life, serving not only like a place of commerce, but also like the political, administrative and cultural center of the city. The first place was developed in the VIth century aC. It was devastated by the Persians in 480 aC, but new agora was erected in its place almost immediately. This was prospering before the time of Pericles and it kept on doing this way even (ANNOUNCEMENT 267), when it was destroyed by the Herulians, a Gothic tribe of Scandinavia.

Kerameikos of the most ancient thing was on the stripes of the north of west of ancient Athens and it was extended so much inside as out of the walls that now cross the place of the excavations. In the local focus very close one of other, it can be seen the two most popular doors of ancient Athens, the Dipylon and the Sacred Door. The area about these doors was the most ancient cemetery and hugest acquaintance like that in the Ática. This was also the place of burial of the citizens honored by the city of Athens. Kerameikos as the traveler Pausanias was called later Keramos by a hero of name Kerameis. But more undoubtedly the name stems from a potters' establishment on the banks of the river Iridanos. The ancient demonstrations of Kerameikos contained an area much bigger than that excavated.

Moni Kaissarianis East place is located close the top of M. Hymettus, 5 kilometers to the east of Athens. This church was constructed in the XIth century and it dedicated to the Presentation of the Virgin. This was at first a temple to the glory of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and nature. The real monastery was raised by the remains of the second temple constructed there during the Roman period (100-300 ANNOUNCED), that he explains four columns that support its dome. They can admire the paintings of wall of XVIIth century, a work of Ioannis Ipatos, in the foyer of the church.

The Greek popular art museum

This museum is very fascinating and very different from other museums of Athens, since this stores the rich collections of objects that represent all the branches of folk art from 1650 to today. The visitors will be capable of admiring objects as the embroidery, the textile, suits, masked balls and more. The museum is placed in Plaka, 17, the street Kydathineon.

The temple of Zeus Olímpico the biggest temple of Greece was begun by Peisistratos in the VIth century aC, but it was left for the insufficiency of the money. This was one of the biggest temples in the ancient world, which is dedicated to the god of all the gods, Zeus. The building of the work began in (515aC), but only it was completed approximately 700 years later in (ANNOUNCEMENT 131) under the Roman Emperor Adriano. Today it is composed by 104 columns of marble, which are 17mts of high, and they survive before so much change. On the local rim he supports the arch of victory called Adriano's Arch.

The Byzantine and Christian Museum was founded in 1914 and it introduces an essential collection of ecclesiastic Greek art from the IVth century until the XIXth century: Byzantine and later with Byzantine icons, sculpture, manuscripts, paintings of the wall, mosaics, sizes in wood and several objects (cloth, coins, ceramics, etc). The Museum is placed in the central neighborhood of Kolonaki, 22 agreed Vassilis Sofias.

The church of Apostles Santos Esta church was constructed in the XIth century on behalf of San Pablo who usually and preach teach in the Agora. There remains close the entry of the Ancient south of Agora. It was renewed to its original form in 1954-57, while its additions of XIXth century were removed. Purify Byzantine paintings of the wall they can be admired inside this wonderful small church.

The church of Agii Theodori This small church located to the west of Plateia Klafthmonos, probably was constructed on the ruins of an earlier construction and it is possibly the oldest Byzantine church in Athens. Everywhere of the phase of opening of the Greek Revolution in 1821 the church was damaged by severity, but it was restored in 1840. This is an attractive structure with walls constructed the typical building cloisonné and set with the brick, Cufic with ornaments and the frieze of terracotta of animals and plants. The paintings in the interior wall are dated a XIXth century.

The Archaeological National museum of Athens is the biggest and more significant museum in Greece, and its exposed objects it is between the thinnest collections of the world. One can admire prehistoric articles, sculptures, ceramics and the least art, bronze and the art Egyptian, everything followed by explanations detailed in English. Any temporary exhibitions organized by the museum must not be omitted. It is placed close to the square Omonoia, on the Street Patission 44.