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The Acropolis of Athens is the most famous monument from the antiquity of Greece. It is built on a 156 meter high hill, called the Sacred Rock of Athens. The plateau can only be reached from the west and was there for an ideal place for a citadel. The functions of the mountain changed the following four millenniums and with that the appearance of the Acropolis as well.
The Acropolis we see today dates from the 5th century B.C. Left of the buildings from this period are: The Beule Gate, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike (Apteros Nike), the Erchtheion and the Parthenon.
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