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There are many important places in Greece wether they are religious or Mythological these sites are now either being preserved or in some cases like the temple of athena are being rebuilt. These sites are still sacred and are a major part in Greek history, Greek tourism and Greek lives.

=﻿The Acropolis of Athens= This Acropolis of Athens is the most well know Acropolis in the world it was also proclaimed a cultural heritage site in 2007 on the 26th of may. The Acropolis is a flat topped rock around 3 hectares and rises to 150 metres above sea level. The Acropolis is the greatest architectural and artistic site in Greece. In the second half of the fith BCE. a group of talented artists created a plan and under the guidance of the sculptor Phedias transformed a hill into a unique and major part of Greek history.The most important parts of the Acropolis was built during the same time these where the Parthenon built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the entrance to the Acropolis the Propylaea designed by Mnesicles and the small temple Athena Nike. There where 2 theatres in the Acropolis these where the theatre of Dionysus and a partial reconstruction os the theatre of Herodes Atticus.

=﻿Olympia= Olympia was the first recorded home of the ancient olympic games and is a famous and protected site today. Olympia had been partialy destroyed due to silt covering the site which sarted to corrode the building, the silt had come from a nearby river the Alpheios river. Tradition has still been kep when doing the Olympics because the Ancient Greeks had a game every years until the Byzintine emperor Theodosius the second in AD. 426. After the Olympics were banned the Byzantines used the building at their disposal and used parts of the building as a church before the building was a church it was the workshop of a classical sculptor by the name of Phedias. The whole building was dedicated to Zeus and his queen Hera the statues that where once dedicated to zeus and Hera. Most games that where held where all men in honor of Zeus but there where also games in honor of hera which where all weomen.

=Delphi= Delphi is one of the most representative sites of Greecel. Delphi is located on a steep hillside and was home to the Pythia a famous Greek oracle during the Archaic period which was the 8th to the 6th centuries BC. Delphi was a major politically advanced city just like switzerland today both of the countries maintained its political status and became a centre for inner city diplomatic matters. Former monuments survived as foundation stones and where also used as a way of propaganda. The restored treasury had many antiques which was something to add on to the history of Delphi. These antiques included persian weapons from the persian war. There where temples in every town or city state in Greece and Delphi had the temple of Apollo the god of the sun light and more. There was also a roman temple at the top of the city which is well preserved, The difference in the Greek stadiums and roman stadiums is that in greece they would not have stone seats.

=Sparta= Sparta was the most feared part of Greece they had the greatest warriors in Greece and now days ther is hardly any left of the fabled city. Like most city states Sparta had its on Acropolis this was placed on a hillside and had mere remains of a temple of Artemis Orthia. Sparta became a small un-expanding town unlike athens or corinth who expanded annd broadened their horizons and kept expanding their growth. One reason sparta did not try this is because they where a hardened people and where more interested in protecting their country and training and furthermore. Archeological excvavation had been prooved difficult because the land around the city is waterlogged and marshy. At the temple of Artimis Orthia in sparta children would often take writes of passge where in some cases included being "flogged". The romans also left some churches and theatres behind but not much. nowdays there are more statues of hoplites and even Leonidas the hero of thermopylae but a lot of the statues are very modern because the Spartans did not have much statues or common things that the other major cities had.

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