As the trip to Greece first stop, I first arrived at the “cradle of western civilization-Athens, and witnessed divine magnificent the acropolis. As one of the four ancient civilizations, the capital of the Mediterranean Greece, the most representative, the long history of the ancient civilization of European culture development of the witness and continue. It from three sides, one side is adjacent to the Aegean sea, many of history as Socrates, and other famous philosophers, writers and politicians and artists have been in the birth and live.

The ACROPOLIS is located in Athens, Greece, the commanding heights of the elevation of 150 meters, is the new seven wonders of the world, and also one of the Greek 16 world heritage of the most famous. It built in 2500 years ago, is the Greek and the symbol of ancient European civilization.
The city of David (PROPYLEA), built in 437 432 B.C., architects and criticism.trans Mnesicles, located in the city of David west end on steep is the entrance of the city of David, and, in order to adjust measures to local conditions, make it not symmetrical forms. Positive high 18 m, side high 13 meters. Main building, which is in column type across particularly large, 3.85 meters, highlighting the banisters can meet the gate. The roof as a result of the ground two period of treatment, tilt to make before and after two facade consistent. The internal love aone pillar type decorated. Concise, simple, solemn appearance. North wing is exhibition rooms in the south, is open gallery. Two wings, make the smaller size more spectacular. From the mountain the door can see the acropolis center-the bronze statue of Athena. In addition, the left side of the gate gallery with many fine painting collection.
THE TEMPLE OF PARTHENON, also called athina, is THE main architecture OF THE acropolis, THE top OF THE mountain is located in Athens in any one place are expected to see, was built in 447 BC, THE former completed in 438 and completed THE Athena, THE holy see as before completed in 431, THE main designer is carved mountain flower Iraq, Callicrates also took part in THE design, sculpture is by fay bartholomew and his disciples creation. The shape is the most typical Greek temple, namely in the plane of the rectangular column column age.we surrounded. It is the ancient Greek architecture art monument, represents the top achievement of the ancient Greek architecture art, is called “the temple temple”.
As the name suggests, Athena temple is offering of Athena temple, ATHENS in the name of that comes from this. In ancient times, the Greek goddess of wisdom passed Athena and Poseidon for capturing the patron saint of Athens at loggerheads over status. Later, the Lord god Zeus decided: who can give mankind a useful things, city by whom to protect. The wave “east gave humanity a horse symbol of the war horses, and intelligence goddess Athena to human a branches and leaves bushiness, fruitful, symbol of peace olive tree. People are longing for and flat, don’t war, the results the city unto the goddess Athena. From then on, she became the patron saint of Athens, Athens enough name. The people later took Athens as “love the city of peace”.
The acropolis repair work since 1975 have so far for 30 years. Since 492 BC Greek history of famous consul Pericles period started to build time, that is the greeks to the acropolis’s first major repair activities. Repair work the first phase has city in 2008 at the end of the end, and just about building surface processing work, is now the second phase is expected to repair, finish all the repair work to to 2020 years or so.
THE ERECHTHEION TEMPLE is located at THE north side, pat agriculture TEMPLE legend here is THE victory goddess Athena and sea wave fill east for THE struggle is THE patron saint OF Athens and xian place. The urban construction in 421 BC to 405 years before the eight placed between the dome, is the saints remains the acropolis in Athens, the love in the building’s style, Virginia typical representative of the building design is very exquisite, is rebuilding plan of the city finally complete a important buildings.
The erechtheion temple in six southern roots carved into marble pillars of the young girl like column instead of stone jacked up top, fully embodies the wisdom of the architect, they long skirt bundle chest, lightsome and fleet, head one thousand jins, graceful. Due to the top of the stone is heavy weight, and six girls in order to top up the heavy stone top, neck must design enough thick, but it will influence the beautiful. So the architect to each girl neck after a ray of strong keep hair, then add in the basket, which successfully solved the problems of architectural aesthetics, and the world famous. Now in the museum’s genuine collection, already use copy instead. Temple architecture after vicissitudes of life, but also can according to the six girls like column in root imagine the prosperous, British museum positive colonnades love Mr Nick type column proportion multi-scale strictly in the city of Athens is also on the erechtheion temple columns are used to build.
Zeus shrine entrance imposing landmark building HADRIAN ARCH, it is the arc DE triomphe Roman times, A.D. 131 by Greek occupiers of ancient Roman emperor HADRIAN build. Hadrian arch of Greek the city into new, old two areas, now hadrian arch is still in Athens symbol of the gate.

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