La IAcropolis yaseAthene Le yenye yezona ndawo zidumileyo nezaziwayo eGrisi, ekumele ukuba ubone indawo oya kuyo kubantu abanomdla kwimbali nakwiindawo zakudala.
Okubandakanyiweyo kuluhlu lwe-UNESCO njenge 'Indawo yeLifa leMveli yeHlabathi' inezinto ezithile ezinomdla nezinomdla. Ngokufanelekileyo:
• I-Acropolis yinduli enkulu, enomphakamo othe tyaba onobude obuziimitha ezingama-80 kunye neenyawo ezingama-50 ububanzi.
• Ukwakhiwa kwe-Acropolis 'kwaqala ngo-447 BC kwaye kwaphela ngo-438 BC. Ikwabizwa ngokuba "lilitye elingcwele", yayakhelwe izizathu zokuzikhusela.
• Kwakukho ngexesha lemfazwe apho amaGrike asebenzisa iAcropolis ukufumana umbono olungileyo wezikhundla zotshaba.
• Ngexesha leklasikhi iParthenon, iErechtheion, kunye neTempile yaseNike zazakhiwe kumabhodlo amandulo kwiAcropolis.
• Izikhumbuzo zeAcropolis zibonisa izigaba ezilandelelanayo kwimbali yezixeko.
• Ukumbiwa kokuqala e-Acropolis kwenziwa phakathi kuka-1835 no-1837. Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, i-Acropolis iye yathwaxeka kakubi kukungcoliseka kunye neenjongo ezintle, kodwa ayenzanga kakuhle.
• Ngo-1975, urhulumente wase-Greek wasungula iprojekthi enkulu yokubuyisela i-Acropolis, eyayigqitywe ngama-40% kuphela phakathi kwiminyaka yoo-1990.
• Ngo-2007, uthotho lwemisebenzi e-Acropolis yagqithiselwa kwiMyuziyam iNew Acropolis, ekumazantsi enduli.
Ubume beAcropolis sisikhumbuzo samandulo esibalulekileyo esakhiwa ngexesha lemfazwe njengesixhobo sokhuseleko. Ngale ndlela amaGrike ayenako ukugcina iliso lazo lijongana neentshaba zawo kobu bunzima.
• I-Acropolis yahlala iyindawo yokuhlala ixesha elithile ukuya kuthi ga kwinkulungwane ye-6 BC ngelixa ulwakhiwo lwalunikezelwe ekunquleni isithixokazi uAthena.
• Ngexesha ledabi laseSalamis, amaPersi adiliza lesikhumbuzo samandulo ngowama-480 BC.
• Ubume beAcropolis bunyukela kummandla weemitha zesikwere ezingama-30.000 buye bunyuke bube malunga neemitha ezingama-490 ngaphezulu komgangatho wamanzi.
• IParthenon, iTempile ka-Athena Nike kunye ne-Erechteion zithathwa njengezona ndawo ziphambili ze-Acropolis. Ukongeza kwezi zakhiwo, esinye isikhumbuzo esibalulekileyo ezinyaweni zeAcropolis yi 'Theatre of Dionysus.