Fun Facts About the City of Athens and the Acropolis.
Fun Facts About the City of Athens and the Acropolis.Athens the capital of Greece and known as one of the worlds largest cities. Athens’s is rich in culture being known as a center for the arts, learning and philosophy. Referred to as the cradle of western civilization and the birth place of democracy. It is also the home one of Greece’s stunning and breath taking Acropolis’s. The names origin derive from the Greek word Akro which translates to high, extremity or edge and Polis meaning city. So essentially Acropolis means “High city”, “City of the The structures of the Acropolis were originally built and positioned for defensive purposes. It was until the 5th century B.C. that the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Propylaea, and the temple of Athena Nike were constructed. In the 6th century Christians converted the Acropolis’ temples into churches. The Parthenon was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the Erechtheion became a chapel. Maranatha Tours has a 8 day Footsteps of Paul tour in Greece, a 9 day tour through the Footsteps of Paul and Peter in Greece and Italy and a 12 day Holy Land , Turkey and Greece tour where you get a chance to spend time in Athens and the Acropolis. Click the link bar below to be taken to our website to find a tour
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