Thursday, May 25, 2017

And now for something completely different...the Acropolis

Acropolis from Aeropagos

Propylea

Temple of Athena Nike

South side

East and South sides (before photoshop)

Erechtheum and sacred olive tree.


Karyatids of the Erechtheum balcony

Replacement wall photo that won't require hours to get rid of the scaffolding or fix the bad pruning

Unflattering photo of the West side.  But they are doing amazing reconstruction!!!

At twilight

New sign on the acropolis announcing that "the most severe damage" was done by Lord Elgin, not the cannonball which blew up the gunpowder stored there 150 years earlier...

Acropolis Museum (not longer "New").  Fourth floor has the full scale mock up for the Parthenon frieze marbles.  The blinds are drawn on the windows of the ones they don't have, and since 80m are in possession of the British Museum as compared to Greece's 50m, this is definitely a message.

Stairs!!! presumably leading to a cistern.

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