ID: 700002992 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002992	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Acropolis (complex (buildings and sites); additions overseen by Pericles (Ancient Greek stateman, ca. ...; 2nd half of 5th century BCE; Akrópolis (Attikí, Ellás, Europe, World, Top of the...; )

Note: Located in: Athens, Attica, Greece

Titles:

Acropolis (preferred,C,U,D,LC,English-P,,N)

The Acropolis (C,U,English,,)

Acroplis, Athens (C,U,English,,)

Acropolis of Athens (C,U,English,,N)

ἀκρόπολις (C,U,Greek,,N)

Akropolis (C,U,undetermined,,)

Athenian Acropolis (C,U,undetermined,,)

Catalog Level: complex

Work Types:

complex (buildings and sites) [300000202] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name))

World Heritage Site [300263063]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

acropolis [300000700]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), districts, <districts by location or context>, urban areas)

citadel [300006902]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, fortifications (built environment), fortresses)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 2nd half of 5th century BCE

Creator Display:

additions overseen by Pericles (Ancient Greek stateman, ca. 495-429 BCE) [preferred,VP]

unknown architects [,BWR]

Creator: unavailable [,BWR]

overseer Pericles (Ancient Greek statesman, ca. 495 - 429 BCE) [500372674]

unknown Greek (Greek cultural designation) [500125237]

unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

Locations:

Current: Site Context: Akrópolis [7233830] Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 37.971421°N 23.726166°E

Current: Athínai [7001393] Region of Attica (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: +37.966667,+23.716667; Athens, Attica, Greece

Display Materials: buildings: marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: site: 3 hectares

Events:

destruction: by Persians, 480 BCE

Cultures:

Ancient Greek (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Attic (culture) [300386850] ()
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Athena [901000069]
	.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	is architectural context for .... Propylaea [700002883]
	..........gateway; Mnesikles (Greek architect, active ca. 430-420 BCE); 437 BCE-432 BCE; Athens (Periféreia Protevoúsis, Ellás, Europe, Worl...;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Acropolis	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85000668; accessed 23 June 2016
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3787956
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Acropolis," accessed 23 June 2016
The Acropolis	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Acroplis, Athens	........ [VP]
	........ UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) "Acropolis, Athens,""accessed 28 June 2016
Acropolis of Athens	........ [BWR]
	........ BWR database (2010-)
ἀκρόπολις	........ [BWR]
	........ Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis
Akropolis	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Athenian Acropolis	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP,BWR]

....................... Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987)

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2001)

....................... BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3787956

....................... BWR-02 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3787956

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 24000

....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) No

Note:
English	..... [BWR]
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3787956