ακρόπολη

A ruined temple, Greece

from National Science and Media Museum

• 4 older comments, and then…
• Tilemahos Efthimiadis said:

  I believe that this is the "Propylaea" (gateway) on the Acropolis of Athens. Going through the gateway (which served as a checkpoint) leads you to the Parthenon.
  
  Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylaea
  
  Coordinates:
  WGS84 37° 58′ 18.2″ N, 23° 43′ 30.5″ E
  decimal: 37.971722, 23.725139

• Tilemahos Efthimiadis said:

  Please compare with the below photographs to confirm (or not) that this really is the Propylaea at the Acropolis of Athens:
  
  
  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffbr13/3412804688/]
  
  (..sorry about the dog..)
  
  
  Reverse angle:
  

• andromachestarr said:

  this is indeed the propylaea. see this website, for confirmation in a similarly aged photograph:
  
  chestofbooks.com/travel/greece/athens/John-Stoddard-Lectu...

• Susan Sears said:

  yes, it is the propylaea on Acropolis...thanks to those who took the trouble to post.

• Ann Wuyts said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Heritage Key, and we'd love to have this added to the group!