“Once the Sacred Rock had been cleared of the ruins left behind from the Persian Wars, the Athenians quickly repaired the ruined temple of Athena Poliados and continued their worship. A new temple was not built on the Acropolis until the middle of the 5th century BC. At that time, Pericles launched a new construction program. He assigned the direction of all work on the Parthenon to the sculptor Pheidias and the program began in 447 BC. The temple, dedicated to the Athena Parthenos, was constructed in 15 years and was the collaborative work of a large number of architects, sculptors, painters and others.”

• The Acropolis Museum – Link to the museum’s official website.
• The Acropolis Museum Architecture / Bernard Tschumi Architects – Gallery and design details.
• Acropolis Now, by The Guardian – The biggest prize in architecture and a geometrical marvel of engineering built to withstand a Richter scale magnitude 10 earthquake.

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