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Acropolis of Athens

Type Object Region Athens Time c. -1000

The Acropolis of Athens is the sacred citadel at the city's center, settled and fortified since the Mycenaean period around 1000 BCE, later crowned b…

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  1. c. -1000–-800Acropolis of Athens · AthensArchaeology shows human activity and early defensive walls on the Acropolis by the Geometric period; the height began forming as the religious and military core of the Athenian settlement, with later buildings repeatedly overlying earlier strata.
  2. c. -600–-500Acropolis of Athens · AthensPeisistratus and his sons built a larger temple of Athena and an entrance porch on the Acropolis, making the height the pan-Hellenic religious center; before the Persian invasion the Acropolis already had substantial stone structures and sculptural decoration.
  3. c. -480–-450Acropolis of Athens · AthensIn 480 BCE Persian forces captured and burned the Acropolis temples; after the war Athens launched a large-scale reconstruction program funded by allied tribute, laying the institutional and financial groundwork for the Classical monumental buildings, with this period covering the planning and early construction stage.

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