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2. Cave Sanctuaries of the Acropolis of Athens - Wikipedia

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   The Cave Sanctuaries of the Acropolis of Athens are the natural fissures in the rock of the Acropolis hill that were used as sites of worship for deities of the Panhellenic pantheon in antiquity. Traditionally a sharp distinction has been drawn between the state religion practised on the summit of the Acropolis and the cult practice of the ...

3. Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus - Wikipedia

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   The Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus was a walled open-air sanctuary dedicated to Zeus Polieus (city protector) around 500 BC on the Acropolis of Athens, sited to the Erechtheion's east. None of its foundations have been discovered and its trapezoid plan and many entrances have been worked out from rock cuttings on the Acropolis.

4. Acropolis of Athens - Wikipedia

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   The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...

5. Asclepieion of Athens - Wikipedia

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   The Asclepieion of Athens was the sanctuary built in honour of the gods Asclepius and Hygieia, located west of the Theatre of Dionysos and east of the Pelargikon wall on the southern escarpment of the Acropolis hill. [1] It was one of several asklepieia in the ancient Greek world that served as rudimentary hospitals.

6. Eleusinion - Wikipedia

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   Eleusinion (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευσίνιον), also called the City Eleusinion (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευσίνιον τὸ ἐν ἄστει, romanized: Eleusinion to en astei) was a sanctuary on the lower part of the north slope of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, dedicated to Demeter and Kore .

7. Greece shuts Acropolis to protect tourists from blistering heat

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   The Parthenon Temple at the top of the Acropolis hill in Athens on November 15, 2022. - Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty Images A visitor holds an umbrella on top of the Acropolis hill during a ...