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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: XtoF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient citadel above the city of Athens
- Also known as: “Acropolis (Athens)”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Gosspil89, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Erechtheion.
Parthenon
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy.
Erechtheion
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Athena Promachos statue place
Archaeological site
The Athena Promachos was a colossal bronze statue of Athena sculpted by Phidias, which stood between the Propylaea and the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anafiotika and Acropolis.
Anafiotika
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anafiotika is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of Athens, part of the old historical neighborhood called Plaka. It lies on the northeast side of the Acropolis hill.
Acropolis
Neighborhood
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Also known as Acropolis, it is located in the south side of Acropolis and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.
Plaka
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.
Acropolis of Athens
- Categories: acropolis, Ancient Greek archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Acropolis of Athens from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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: “أكروبول أثينا”
- Arabic: “أكروبوليس أثينا”
- Armenian: “Աթենյան Ակրոպոլիս”
- Armenian: “Աթենքի Ակրոպոլիս”
- Asturian: “Acrópolis d’Atenes”
- Azerbaijani: “Afina Akropolu”
- Balinese: “Akropolis Athéna”
- Bashkir: “Афина Акрополе”
- Basque: “Atenaseko akropoilisa”
- Basque: “Atenaseko Akropolia”
- Basque: “Atenaseko akropolisa”
- Basque: “Atenasko akropolia”
- Basque: “Atenasko Akropolia”
- Belarusian: “Атэнскі Акропаль”
- Belarusian: “Афінскі акропаль”
- Belarusian: “Афінскі Акропаль”
- Breton: “Akropol Aten”
- Breton: “Akropolis Aten”
- Bulgarian: “Акропол”
- Catalan: “Acròpoli d’Atenes”
- Catalan: “Acròpolis d’Atenes”
- Cebuano: “Acrópolis of Athens”
- Central Kurdish: “ئاکرۆپۆلیسی ئەتینا”
- Chinese: “西哥罗佩”
- Chinese: “雅典卫城”
- Chinese: “雅典衛城”
- Chinese: “雅典衞城”
- Croatian: “Akropola”
- Croatian: “Akropolis”
- Croatian: “Atenska Akropola”
- Czech: “Akropole v Athénách”
- Czech: “Akropolis athénská”
- Czech: “Akropolis v Athénách”
- Czech: “Akropolis”
- Czech: “Aténská akropole”
- Czech: “Athénská akropole”
- Czech: “Athénská akropolis”
- Danish: “Akropolis i Athen”
- Danish: “Akropolis”
- Dutch: “Acropolis of Athens”
- Dutch: “Acropolis van Athene”
- Dutch: “Akropolis van Athene”
- Dutch: “Akropolis”
- Esperanto: “Akropolo (Ateno)”
- Esperanto: “Akropolo de Ateno”
- Esperanto: “Akropolo”
- Estonian: “Ateena akropol”
- Finnish: “Akropolis-kukkula”
- Finnish: “Akropolis”
- Finnish: “Ateenan Akropolis”
- French: “Acropole d’Athènes”
- French: “Acropole”
- Galician: “Acrópole de Atenas”
- Georgian: “ათენის აკროპოლისი”
- German: “Akropolis von Athen”
- German: “Akropolis, Athen”
- German: “Akropolis”
- Greek: “Ακρόπολη Αθηνών”
- Greek: “Ακρόπολη των Αθηνών”
- Greek: “Ακρόπολη”
- Greek: “ιερός βράχος”
- Hebrew: “האקרופוליס באתונה”
- Hebrew: “האקרופוליס של אתונה”
- Hebrew: “האקרופוליס”
- Hindi: “एक्रोपोलिस ऑफ़ एथेन्स”
- Hindi: “एथेन्स का दुर्ग”
- Hindi: “एथेंस दुर्ग”
- Hungarian: “Akropolisz (Athén)”
- Hungarian: “Akropolisz”
- Icelandic: “Akrópólis”
- Icelandic: “Akrópólishæð”
- Icelandic: “Háborg Aþenu”
- Ido: “Akropolo di Athina”
- Indonesian: “Akropolis Athena”
- Interlingua: “Acropole de Athenas”
- Irish: “Acrapoil na hAithne”
- Irish: “An Acrapoil”
- Italian: “acropoli di Atene”
- Italian: “Acropoli di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテーナイのアクロポリス”
- Japanese: “アテナイのアクロポリス”
- Japanese: “アテネのアクロポリス”
- Javanese: “Acropolis”
- Kannada: “ಅಕ್ರೋಪೊಲಿಸ್”
- Kazakh: “Афина Акрополі”
- Korean: “아크로폴리스”
- Korean: “아테네의 아크로폴리스”
- Latin: “Acropolis Athenarum”
- Latin: “Acropolis”
- 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”
- Narom: “Acropole d’Athènes”
- Neapolitan: “Acropoli ‘e Atene”
- Neapolitan: “Acropoli ’e Atene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akropolis i Aten”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akropolis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens akropolis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akropolis i Aten”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akropolis i Athen”
- Norwegian: “Akropolis”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Acropòli d’Atenas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Acròpoli d’Atenas”
- Panjabi: “ਏਥਨਜ਼ ਦੀ ਗੜ੍ਹੀ”
- Persian: “آکروپل”
- Persian: “آکروپلیس”
- Persian: “آکروپولیس”
- Persian: “اکروپل”
- Persian: “اکروپلیس”
- Persian: “اکروپولیس”
- Polish: “Akropol ateński”
- Portuguese: “Acrópole (Atenas)”
- Portuguese: “Acrópole de Atenas”
- Romanian: “Acropola din Atena”
- Romanian: “Acropole”
- Romanian: “Acropolis din Atena”
- Romanian: “Akropolis”
- Russian: “Акрополь (Афины)”
- Russian: “Акрополь в Афинах”
- Russian: “Афинский Акрополь”
- Serbian: “Akropolj”
- Serbian: “Акропољ”
- Serbian: “Атински Акропољ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akropola”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akropolis”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Akropolj”
- Slovak: “Akropola v Aténach”
- Slovenian: “Akropola”
- Slovenian: “atenska akropola”
- Slovenian: “Atenska akropola”
- Spanish: “Acropolis de atenas”
- Spanish: “Acrópolis de Atenas”
- Swedish: “Akropolis, Aten”
- Swedish: “Akropolis”
- Swiss German: “D Akropolis z Athen”
- Tamil: “ஏதென்ஸின் அக்ரோபோலிஸ்”
- Tatar: “Афина акрополе”
- Thai: “อะโครโพลิสแห่งเอเธนส์”
- Thai: “อัครปุระเอเธนส์”
- Tosk Albanian: “Akropolis”
- Turkish: “Atina Akropolisi”
- Ukrainian: “Акрополь Афін”
- Ukrainian: “Афінський акрополь”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز کا ایکروپولیس”
- Vietnamese: “Acropolis ở Athens”
- Vietnamese: “Acropolis”
- Vietnamese: “Thành phòng thủ của Athens”
- Waray (Philippines): “Acropolis han Atena”
- Waray (Philippines): “Acropolis han Atenas”
- Waray (Philippines): “Acropolis of Athens”
- 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”
- “Akropolis”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Aérides and Monastiraki.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as A. The Propylaia, B. The Shrine of Athena Hygieia and Hygieia and Saint Symeon.
Greece: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Athens, Thessaloniki, Lesvos, and Arcadia.
Curious Archaeological Sites to Discover
Uncover intriguing archaeological sites from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Acropolis of Athens”. Photo: XtoF, CC BY-SA 3.0.