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Once again, Nectaria sent this great postcard from Athens: a winter view of the Acropolis (UNESCO WHS).
"The
Acropolis of Athens and its monuments are universal symbols of the classical
spirit and civilization and form the greatest architectural and artistic
complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world. In the second half of the
fifth century bc, Athens, following the victory against the Persians and the
establishment of democracy, took a leading position amongst the other
city-states of the ancient world. In the age that followed, as thought and art
flourished, an exceptional group of artists put into effect the ambitious plans
of Athenian statesman Pericles and, under the inspired guidance of the sculptor
Pheidias, transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and the
arts. The most important monuments were built during that time: the Parthenon,
built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the
Acropolis, designed by Mnesicles and the small temple Athena Nike." In: UNESCO
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