E-Athene; Ngamakhulu eminyaka omlando, kungumuzi omlando wawo owedlule mkhulu, ngokoqobo, ngesimo se- I-Acropolis lokho kulawula cishe yonke imibono, kanye nohambo lwesivakashi ngasinye.
Kodwa-ke ukuhlangana kwamanje emadolobheni kuyikhaya labantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezine - ngaphezulu kwengxenye yesithathu yabantu besizwe samaGrikhi - futhi benze ushintsho ngekhulu lama-XNUMX.
Umfutho wama-Olimpiki ka-2004 wakwenza kwaba ngaphezu kwendawo egcwele izinto zakudala, wawuphakamisa ngaphezu kwezingcolisa zokungcola kanye nomgwaqo ongenakwenzeka owonakalise idumela lawo eminyakeni yamuva.
Idwala le-Acropolis, elithweswe umqhele ngamanxiwa amangalisayo eParthenon, lingesinye sezithombe ze-archetypal zesiko laseNtshonalanga. Ikhuphuka ngaphezu kwezimoto noma igquma elikude, kuyamangaza.
Lapho, ithempeli laseParthenon lalihlala liyindawo ebabazekayo nophawu lokuthembela kombuso wedolobha, futhi lalidumile emhlabeni wonke wasendulo. Kepha ngisho nasemaphusheni abo amabi kakhulu abadali bebengacabangi ukuthi amanxiwa azobonisa ukukhuphuka kwempucuko yaseNtshonalanga - noma ukuthi, eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane kamuva - izodonsela izivakashi ezingaba yizigidi ezimbili ngonyaka.
I-Acropolis uqobo lwayo iyidwala nje lapho kwakhiwa khona izikhumbuzo, ngendlela yokuthi cishe wonke amadolobha aseGrisi lasendulo ayene-acropolis yawo (okusho ukuthi ingqungquthela noma indawo ephakeme yedolobha), kepha i-Acropolis yase-Athens ayisenaso esinye isingeniso kuyadingeka. Imvelo yayo yemvelo, ubuso obumqengqelezi, amamitha ayi-100 ukuphakama, isiphenduke isikhungo sedolobha kuzo zonke izigaba zentuthuko yaso.
Izivikeleka kalula futhi inamanzi amaningi, okuhehayo kwayo kokuqala kuyabonakala. Ngisho namanje, ngaphandle kokusebenza ngaphandle kwezokuvakasha, inhliziyo yedolobha ayinakuphikwa. Izimangaliso zayo zemivubukulo zifaka izakhiwo ezahlukahlukene edwaleni, imibono ehlukahlukene yamagquma azungezile nemithambeka, i-Agora yasendulo kanye ne-Acropolis Museum entsha.