Le plus grand et le plus beau sanctuaire de l'Athènes antique, dédié principalement à sa protectrice, la déesse Athéna, domine le centre de la cité moderne depuis le rocher escarpé de l'Acropole. Les mythes les plus célèbres de l'Athènes antique, ses plus grandes fêtes religieuses, ses premiers cultes et plusieurs événements marquants de l'histoire de la ville sont tous liés à ce lieu sacré. Les monuments de l'Acropole s'intègrent harmonieusement à leur environnement naturel. Ces chefs-d'œuvre uniques de l'architecture antique associent différents ordres et styles de l'art classique de manière innovante et influencent l'art et la culture depuis des siècles. L'Acropole du Ve siècle av. J.-C. est le reflet le plus fidèle de la splendeur, de la puissance et de la richesse d'Athènes à son apogée, l'âge d'or de Périclès.

The Parthenon, dedicated by the Athenians to Athena Parthenos, the patron of their city, is the most magnificent creation of Athenian democracy at the height of its power.

The remains of the Theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus, in direct spatial and symbolic relation to the namesake sanctuary, dominate the east part of the South Slope of the Acropolis.

The elegant building known as the Erechtheion, on the north side of the sacred rock of the Acropolis, was erected in 421-406 BC as a replacement of an earlier temple dedicated to Athena Polias.

The Propylaia of the Athenian Acropolis were built on the west side of the hill, where the gate of the Mycenaean fortification once stood. The first propylon, or gate, was constructed in the age of Peisistratos (mid-sixth century BC), after the Acropolis had become a sanctuary dedicated to Athena.

The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a stone Greek theatre structure located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The building was completed in AD 161 and then renovated in 1950