The Acropolis Museum located only 1,000 feet from the famed hill of the same name hosts some of the world's most important ...

The acropolis, awesome and aloof on its limestone mesa above hectic modern Athens, is so integral to ... less than a declaration in architecture, art, and artifice of the glory that was Greece.

Here are 12 facts about the Acropolis of Athens ... announced that Athens was a center for Greek art, faith, and thought. The golden age of Athenian power was brief, however.

Holly D. Johnson As its name suggests, the Acropolis Museum – which resides in central Athens' Makrigianni district just below the ancient site itself – houses various archaeological findings ...

The Acropolis is a sacred hill in the heart of Athens with the Parthenon at its peak. Beside it is a smaller temple known as the Erechtheion, named after Erechtheus, a mythical king of Athens.