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Acropolis, The
The citadel of ancient Athens. Rising high above the city, the fortified outcrop contained the national treasury and may sacred sites and shrines, most of them (such as the Parthenon and the Erectheum) associated with the worship of Athene, the patron goddess of Athens. The present ruins date mainly from the second half of the 5th century B.C.
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