Hey folks.Hope you all good.It’s July and many of you might be on holidays.

For you who follow me on my social media accounts, you know that I was in Athens one week ago.So today I’m gonna share with you my new post about ”Acropolis”. Yes, I visited the Acropolis of Athens, the ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon. The word acropolis comes from the Greek words ἄκρον (akron, “edge, extremity”) and πόλις (polis, “city”). Although there are many other acropoleis in Greece, the significance of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it is commonly known as “The Acropolis” without qualification.

So as I went to Athens for meeting I decide to visit the Acropolis because it’s been a long time since the last time.

 

Feeling blessed to stand in front of the Acropolis.Thinking how many decades before, ancient Greeks was there.It’s something I can’t really explain.It’s a gift to our beautiful Greece to have the Acropolis here. An unprecedented conceptual design. Embodied in architectural excellence. Put the best of science, art and philosophy together in one creation and you have the definitive monument of human civilisation. UNESCO calls it the symbol of World Heritage. The world calls it the Athenian Acropolis!

The history of the Acropolis of Athens is long, with moments when democracy philosophy and art flourished, leading to its creation. Then there were the times when its best standing pieces were removed and shipped away from the city, dividing the monument in two. Today, the international community wants to reunite all of the Acropolis sculptures in Athens and restore both its physicality and meaning.

The Acropolis, and the Parthenon in particular, is the most characteristic monument of the ancient Greek civilisation. It continues to stand as a symbol in many ways: it is the symbol of democracy and the Greek civilisation. It also symbolises the beginning of the Western civilisation and stands as the icon of European culture. The Parthenon was dedicated to Athena Parthenos, the patron goddess of the city of Athens and goddess of wisdom. It was built under the instructions of Pericles, the political leader of Athens in the 5th century BC. The Parthenon was constructed between 447 and 438 BC and its sculptural decoration was completed in 432 BC. In 1987 it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site (UNESCO, 1987). Uniquely, capturing the gravity of the Athenian Acropolis as a symbol, UNESCO recognises that “ the Acropolis, the site of four of the greatest masterpieces of classical Greek art – the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheum and the Temple of Athena Nike – can be seen as symbolizing the idea of world heritage”.

Despite the unique symbolic and cultural value of the monument, the issue of the removal of the sculptures from the Athenian Acropolis by Elgin continues to shadow their history. Today, more than half of the Parthenon sculptures are in the British Museum in London and their return to Athens, for their display in the Acropolis Museum together with the other originals, is a cultural issue awaiting to be settled.

As you see, the view from Acropolis is stunning..there’s no word to describe.

The new Acropolis museum.

 

For this perfect day in this beautiful place, I picked my white lace dress which is so vintage.A great choice for this day.I also wear pearls on my head.Reminds something ancient..So this is our Acropolis.Hope you like my post.If you visit Greece the first thing you should do is to visit Acropolis.It would be a great experience. Sending much love from Greece.