Athens, fortification on the acropolis
Relevant museums
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The British Museum
The British Museum has one of the world's largest collections of antiquities from the Classical world.
Nearby sites
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Athens, Mint
Mint of Athenai -
Athens, Sanctuary of Pandion
The sanctuary dedicated to king Pandion, the father of Erechtheus. -
ATHENS. Acropolis. Choregic monument of Thrasyllos
ATHENS. Acropolis. Choregic monument of Thrasyllos -
the cave of Aglauros. east slope of the Acropolis of Athens
According to the Herodotos, it was from here that the Persians invaded the Acropolis in 480 B.C. Aglauros was the daughter of the mythical king Kekrops; it was she who jumped from the Acropolis in order to save Athens from a extended siege; it was to her
