Acropolis of Athens
The Acropolis of Athens 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, the most famous being the Parthenon.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient citadel above the city of Athens
- Also known as: “Acropole”, “Acrópole (Atenas)”, “Acròpoli d’Atenes”, “Acrópolis”, “Acropolis (Athens)”, “Acropolis din Atena”, “Acropolis han Atena”, “Acropolis ở Athens”, “Acropolis van Athene”, “Akropole v Athénách”, “Akrópólis”, “Akropolis Aten”, “Akropolis athénská”, “Akropolis i Athen”, “Akropolis v Athénách”, “Akropolis von Athen”, “Akropolis-kukkula”, “Akropolis, Athen”, “Akropolo (Ateno)”, “An Acrapoil”, “Ateenan Akropolis”, “Atenaseko akropoilisa”, “Atenaseko Akropolia”, “Atenaseko akropolisa”, “Atenska Akropola”, “Aténská akropole”, “Athens akropolis”, “Athénská akropole”, “Athénská akropolis”, “Háborg Aþenu”, “Ακρόπολη”, “Ακρόπολη των Αθηνών”, “ιερός βράχος”, “Акрополь (Афины)”, “Акрополь Афін”, “Акрополь в Афинах”, “Атински Акропољ”, “האקרופוליס”, “האקרופוליס של אתונה”, “آکروپل”, “آکروپلیس”, “أكروبول أثينا”, “اکروپل”, “اکروپلیس”, “اکروپولیس”, “एक्रोपोलिस ऑफ़ एथेन्स”, “อะโครโพลิสแห่งเอเธนส์”, “아테네의 아크로폴리스”, “アテーナイのアクロポリス”, “アテネのアクロポリス”, and “西哥罗佩”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Parthenon and Erechtheion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anafiotika and Acropolis.
Acropolis of Athens
- Categories: acropolis, Ancient Greek archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97172° or 37° 58′ 18″ north
Longitude
23.72564° or 23° 43′ 32″ east
Elevation
142 metres (466 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPCG+M7
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Acropolis of Athens” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Akropolis van Athene”
- Albanian: “Akropoli”
- Amharic: “አክሮፖሊስ”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν”
- Arabic: “أكروبوليس أثينا”
- Armenian: “Աթենյան Ակրոպոլիս”
- Armenian: “Աթենքի Ակրոպոլիս”
- Asturian: “Acrópolis d’Atenes”
- Azerbaijani: “Afina Akropolu”
- Balinese: “Akropolis Athéna”
- Bashkir: “Афина Акрополе”
- Basque: “Atenasko akropolia”
- Basque: “Atenasko Akropolia”
- Belarusian: “Атэнскі Акропаль”
- Belarusian: “Афінскі акропаль”
- Belarusian: “Афінскі Акропаль”
- Bosnian: “Akropola (Atina)”
- Bosnian: “Akropola”
- Breton: “Akropol Aten”
- Bulgarian: “Акропол”
- Catalan: “Acròpolis d’Atenes”
- Cebuano: “Acrópolis of Athens”
- Central Kurdish: “ئاکرۆپۆلیسی ئەتینا”
- Chinese: “雅典卫城”
- Chinese: “雅典衛城”
- Chinese: “雅典衞城”
- Croatian: “Akropola”
- Czech: “Akropolis”
- Danish: “Akropolis”
- Dutch: “Akropolis van Athene”
- Esperanto: “Akropolo de Ateno”
- Esperanto: “Akropolo”
- Estonian: “Ateena akropol”
- Finnish: “Akropolis”
- French: “Acropole d’Athènes”
- Galician: “Acrópole de Atenas”
- Georgian: “ათენის აკროპოლისი”
- German: “Akropolis”
- Greek: “Ακρόπολη Αθηνών”
- Hebrew: “האקרופוליס באתונה”
- Hindi: “एथेन्स का दुर्ग”
- Hindi: “एथेंस दुर्ग”
- Hungarian: “Akropolisz (Athén)”
- Hungarian: “Akropolisz”
- Icelandic: “Akrópólishæð”
- Ido: “Akropolo di Athina”
- Indonesian: “Akropolis Athena”
- Interlingua: “Acropole de Athenas”
- Irish: “Acrapoil na hAithne”
- Italian: “acropoli di Atene”
- Italian: “Acropoli di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテナイのアクロポリス”
- Javanese: “Acropolis”
- Jèrriais: “Acropole d’Athènes”
- Kannada: “ಅಕ್ರೋಪೊಲಿಸ್”
- Kazakh: “Афина Акрополі”
- Korean: “아크로폴리스”
- Latin: “Acropolis Athenarum”
- Latvian: “Atēnu akropole”
- Ligurian: “Acropoli d’Aten”
- Ligurian: “Acropoli d’Atene”
- Literary Chinese: “雅典衛城”
- Lithuanian: “Atėnų akropolis”
- Luxembourgish: “Akropolis”
- Macedonian: “Атински aкропол”
- Macedonian: “Атински акропол”
- Malagasy: “Akrôpôlisin’i Atena”
- Malay: “Akropolis Athens”
- Malayalam: “ഏതൻസിലെ അക്രോപോളിസ്”
- Maltese: “Akropoli ta’ Ateni”
- Maltese: “Akropoli”
- Mazanderani: “آکروپولیس”
- Mingrelian: “ათენიშ აკროპოლისი”
- Mongolian: “Афины Акрополис”
- Neapolitan: “Acropoli ‘e Atene”
- Neapolitan: “Acropoli ’e Atene”
- Newari: “एथेन्सया एक्रोपोलिस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akropolis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akropolis i Aten”
- Norwegian: “Akropolis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Acropòli d’Atenas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Acròpoli d’Atenas”
- Panjabi: “ਏਥਨਜ਼ ਦੀ ਗੜ੍ਹੀ”
- Persian: “آکروپولیس”
- Polish: “Akropol ateński”
- Portuguese: “Acrópole de Atenas”
- Romanian: “Acropola din Atena”
- Russian: “Афинский Акрополь”
- Serbian: “Akropolj”
- Serbian: “Акропољ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akropolj”
- Sinhala: “ඇතන්ස් හි ඇක්රොපොලිසය”
- Slovak: “Akropola v Aténach”
- Slovenian: “atenska akropola”
- Slovenian: “Atenska akropola”
- Spanish: “Acrópolis de Atenas”
- Swedish: “Akropolis, Aten”
- Swedish: “Akropolis”
- Swiss German: “Akropolis”
- Swiss German: “D Akropolis z Athen”
- Tamil: “ஏதென்ஸின் அக்ரோபோலிஸ்”
- Tatar: “Афина акрополе”
- Telugu: “అక్రోపోలిస్ ఆఫ్ ఏథెన్స్”
- Thai: “อัครปุระเอเธนส์”
- Turkish: “Atina Akropolisi”
- Ukrainian: “Афінський акрополь”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز کا ایکروپولیس”
- Vietnamese: “Acropolis”
- Vietnamese: “Thành phòng thủ của Athens”
- Waray (Philippines): “Acropolis han Atenas”
- Welsh: “Acropolis”
- Western Armenian: “Աքրոփոլի (Աթէնք)”
- Western Armenian: “Աքրոփոլիս”
- Western Frisian: “Akropolis fan Atene”
- Western Panjabi: “ایتھنز دا ایکروپولس”
- Western Panjabi: “ایتھنز دا ایکروپولیس”
- Wu Chinese: “雅典卫城”
- Yue Chinese: “雅典衛城”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Aérides and Asteroskopeio.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Propylaia and Saint Symeon.
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Worth a closer look: Athens and Thessaloniki.
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