Old Acropolis Museum

The Old Acropolis Museum was a major archaeological museum in , , on the archeological site of the . 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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Places in the Area

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Neighborhood
is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center…
Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of …
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Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of , .
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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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