Old Acropolis Museum
The Old Acropolis Museum was a major archaeological museum in Athens, Greece, on the archeological site of the Acropolis. It is built in a niche at the eastern edge of the rock and most of it lies beneath the level of the hilltop, making it largely invisible.- Museum
- …lies at an elevation of around 170 metres (550 feet)
- …is also known as “The Acropolis Museum”
- Description: former museum on the Acropolis of Athens
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Old Acropolis Museum
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Latitude
37.97139° or 37° 58′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.7278° or 23° 43′ 40″ east
Open location code
8G95XPCH+H4
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OpenStreetMap feature
building = museum
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Old Acropolis Museum” goes by many names.
متحف أكروبوليس القديمArabic
متحف الأكروبوليس القديمArabic
Стар музей на АкрополаBulgarian
宙斯柱廊Chinese
舊衛城博物館Chinese
Παλαιό Μουσείο ΑκρόποληςGreek
Παλαιό Μουσείο της ΑκρόποληςGreek
Vecchio Museo dell’AcropoliItalian
旧アクロポリス博物館Japanese
stari muzej AkropoleSlovenian
Հին Աքրոբոլիս թանգարանWestern Armenian
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