Who built the acropolis in Greece?

Answer 1

The rocky hill of Acropolis was initially the religious and political center of the city of Athens, where the palace of the Mecenean king and the religious center were situated. Later on, when democracy was established, it has served only as a religious center, where the older temple of goddess Athina was built. The buildings of Acropolis had been destroyed during the Greek-Persian wars, and Periklis, actual leader of Athens, decided to built a new religious center, which at the same time would represent the superiority of Athens over its allies.
Architects Iktinos and Kallikratis made the designs and supervised the project, while Phidias, the famous sculptor, and his assistants made the decorative parts of the new Temple of Athina. He also created the enormous statue of the Goddess, which stood in the temple, made of ivory and gold.
In christian times the temple had been trasformed to a church, in the 13th century Acropolis hosted also the palace of the local sovereigns, while after the conquest of Athens by the Turks the Temple became a mosque, to be destroyed in a great extent by Morosini's bombs in the 17th c, during the siege of Athens by the Venetians.
At the beginning of 19th c Lord Elgin stole away almost all decotative parts of the monuments of Acropolis, which are exposed at the British Museum (and must be given back to where they belong).
Apart from the Parthenon, the temple of Athina, Iktinos and kallikratis created a twin temple dedicated to God Apollo and is still standing (unfortunately unpreserved) at Vasses - Figalia in Peloponisos.
Despite the destructions that the monuments of Acropolis have suffered, they still stand there to show the whole world how art and science were combined to give creation to the most important and magnificent wonder of mankind history.

Answer 2

Iktinos , Kallicratis (arcitects) and Pheidias (sculptor) under the aegis of Pericles ( middle to late 5th Century BC). Although must be noted that in the same site prevoiusly they were the Mycenian acropolis (destroyed or deserted circa the begining of the 11th Century BC), and the "archaic" acropolis (destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC, just before their defeat in the sea battle of Salamis)

Answer 3

Hello dear!
Acropolis of Athens has been built many times, since it was destroyed either by intruders, barbarians, Persians, Time, etc. Also, it was renovated frequently.
What we see now was mainly built after the total destruction of Athens by the Persian invaders. Clever enough, the Athenians instead of having the citizens/ soldiers unemployed, used them in building the long walls, the Acropolis and many other magnificent buildings.
All the known architects, engineers, artists, city planners, etc., were used. Most of the building materials were from the hills around Athens. How did they do it financially? Well, by the silver mines of Lavrion, trading throughout Mediterranean and the Euxenos Pontos (Black Sea), ..

Answer 4

http://www.acropolisofathens.gr/#top

http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2384

Pericles, leader of Athens (461 BC). During his leadership, democracy flourished in ancient Athens, and it was under his instructions that the construction of the Parthenon and the Acropolis complex was initiated.(http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh351.jsp?obj_id=2384 )

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The Acropolis of Athens is the best known acropolis (high city, The "Sacred Rock") in the world. 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. The Acropolis was formally proclaimed as the pre-eminent monument on the European Cultural Heritage list of monuments on the 26th of March, 2007It was also known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man, Kekrops or Cecrops, the first Athenian king.

Acropolis (Gr. acron, edge + polis, city) literally means the edge of a town or a high city. For purposes of defense, early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hill with precipitous sides, and these early citadels became in many parts of the world the nuclei of large cities which grew up on the surrounding lower ground. The word "Acropolis", though Greek in origin and associated primarily with Greek cities (Athens, Argos, Thebes, and Corinth with its Acrocorinth), may be applied generically to all such citadels (Rome, Jerusalem, Celtic Bratislava, many in Asia Minor, or even Castle Hill at Edinburgh).

Answer 5

Nobody knows who orriginally built them but it is said that Most of the major temples were rebuilt under the leadership of Pericles during what is called the Golden
Age of Athens (460–430 BC).

Phidias, a great Athenian sculptor, and two famous architects, Ictinus and Callicrates, were mostly responsible for the reconstruction of the great monument. During the 5th century B.C., the Acropolis gained its final shape.

After an interruption caused by the Peloponnesian War, the
temple was finished during the time of Nicias' peace, between 421 and 415 B.C.

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Answer 6

Ancient Greeks, 2500 years ago. The politician who had the concept was Pericles, the known architects who worked there were Iktinos, Kallikrates, Mnesicles and others, and the sculptures were made by Fidias.

Answer 7

Greeks

Answer 8

Spiro Agnew

Answer 9

architectures were Iktinos and Kallikratis

Answer 10

Check this nice documentary that I have uploaded in youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqGTCgL3tcw

Everything you need to know is there.