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The acropolis is a group of buildings that look over greece
Although there has been buildings and temples on the Acropolis rock since Mycenaean times it is the structures from the Periclean building program that we see today looking over Athens.
The Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis were all built between 460 and 430 BC (the Golden age of Athens) under the leadership of Pericles. It was used for political and culture achievements.
The Erechthium legend has it that it's the place Poseidon left his trident marks and where Athina's olive tree grew during their competition to name the city.
The porch of CaryatidsThe six columns holding up the roof are all female figures each sculptured differently and engineered so that their slender necks could take the weight of the roof and still look in real and elegant.
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