Athanasia Chrysafis Biska

The Ministry of Culture announced December 22nd, 2009 that the restoration project of Propylaea – the roof over the gateway to the Acropolis - has been completed.

After a seven-year project, all the scaffolding has been removed and now the visitor can admire the monument's splendor.

The Propylaea were erected in 437-432 BC after the completion of the Parthenon, as part of the great Periklean building and were designed by the architect Mnesicles.

A monument of the Doric order with few Ionic columns, Propylaea was a complex structure to conceive and assemble, and was clearly designed to make a lasting impression on the approaching visitor.

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