acropolis
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Greece maintains the ancient antiquities, also known as the Elgin Marbles, were illegally removed from Athens' acropolis, and has has long called for their return from the museum.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024
Volunteers fought to extinguish a blaze that blackened the hillside and charred buildings near Lindos, one of the island's most-visited sites and famed for an acropolis perched on a massive rock within medieval walls.
From Reuters • Jul. 23, 2023
Towns arose around a hill fortress or acropolis to which inhabitants could flee in times of danger.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Harrison’s Cold War vision involved an acropolis of the performing arts, which, to Moses, Rockefeller and their social circles, meant western classical music, musical theater, opera and ballet.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
A vast promenade, mausoleum, acropolis, planetarium, library, opera house—everything marble and granite, everything profoundly clean.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Vocabulary lists containing acropolis
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 1–3
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