Talk:Acropolis, Athens
From Academic Kids
There seems to be about a thousand years missing here. Following copyrighted material is from http://www.athensguide.gr/pop/acropolis.html
"The Turks seized the Acropolis in 1394, were driven away by the Venetians but they occupied it again following the Treaty of 1458. Two years later, flanked by minarets, the Parthenon was converted into a mosque, while the Erectheum became the harem (the part of a Mohammedan house where the women live) of the Turkish Commander.
"In 1640, the explosion of a storeroom of gun power within the Propylea caused the destruction of the major part of the building. In 1686 the Turks destroyed the temple of Athena Nike in order to build a rampart of their defence against the Venetians who desieged the Acropolis. During this siege, a Venetian cannon-ball blew up the Parthenon which was converted into a powder magazine.
"In 1803, Lord Elgin carried away the sculptures of the Parthenon pediments as well as one of the Erechtheum Korai and numerous other antipuities; they are now in the British museum.
"At the beginning of the Greek Revolution, in 1821, Odysseus Androutsos, after one year’s siege, captured the Acropolis. But in 1827 it fell back into the hands of the Turks, who held it till 1833. Since that day the Acropolis “this high site of Greek Art”, is at lasta entrusted to the care of a once more free Greece. Ortolan88 22:39 Jul 29, 2002 (PDT)
Work needed
A whole lot of work is needed on the description of all the temples on the top and their relationship. Added some photos, and may make it back to put some text, sometime. Feel free to add text. Glenlarson 01:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
