ACROPOLIS THEATRE OF DIANYSUS

ATHENS- AREA AROUND ACROPOLIS HILL
-MONSATIRAKI
-PLAKA
-HADRIAN LIBRARY
-THE ROMAN AGORA
-PANTANASSA CHURCH
The ACROPOLIS OF ATHENS (Greek : Ακρόπολη Αθηνών) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance, the most famous being the Parthenon
The word Acropolis is from the Greek words ἄκρον (akron, "highest point, extremity") and πόλις (polis, "city")
MONASTIRAKI (Greek: Μοναστηράκι) literally little monastery is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the main shopping districts in Athens
The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping
The area is named after Monastiraki Square, which in turn is named for the Church of the Pantanassa that is located within the square
The main streets of this area are Pandrossou Street and Adrianou Street
THE CHURCH OF THE PANTANASSA (Greek: Εκκλησία της Παντανάσσης) or of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Ιερός Ναός Κοιμήσεως της Θεοτόκου) is the 10th-century katholikon of a now-vanished monastery in Monastiraki Square, between Athinas and Mitropoleos streets, facing the Monastiraki station, in central Athens, Greece
The church was known as the Great Monastery and then later as monastiraki ("little monastery") which eventually became the name of the whole area
HADRIAN´s LIBRARY
Hadrian's Library was created by Roman Emperor Hadrian in AD 132 on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens
The building followed a typical Roman forum architectural style, having only one entrance with a propylon of Corinthian order, a high surrounding wall with protruding niches (oikoi, exedrae) at its long sides, an inner courtyard surrounded by columns and a decorative oblong pool in the middle
The library was on the eastern side where rolls of papyrus "books" were kept. Adjoining halls were used as reading rooms, and the corners served as lecture halls
AGORA OF ATHENS
The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill
The Agora's initial use was for a commercial, assembly, or residential gathering place
MUSEUM OF THE ANCIENT AGORA
The museum is housed in the Stoa of Attalos, and its exhibits are connected with Athenian democracy
The exhibition within the museum contains works of art which describe the private and public life in ancient Athens
PLáKA (GREEK : Πλάκα) is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture
Plaka is built on top of the residential areas of the ancient town of Athens
It is known as the "Neighborhood of the Gods" due to its proximity to the Acropolis and its many archaeological sites
PLAKA - LOCATION
Plaka is on the northeast slope of Acropolis, between Syntagma and Monastiraki square
Adrianou Street (running north and south) is the largest and most central street in Plaka and divides it into two areas
The upper level - Ano Plaka - located right under the Acropolis and
The lower level - Kato Plaka - situated between Syntagma and Monastiraki
HISTORY
Plaka was developed mostly around the ruins of Ancient Agora of Athens
It is the oldest district of Athens and has been continuously inhabited from the neolithic to the present day
As a result, Plaka contains monuments form all periods of the city's history
Some of the streets, such as Adrianou and Tripodon, can be traced back to the ancient era
Following Greek independence, the area grew rapidly
In 1884 a fire burned down a large part of the neighborhood which gave the opportunity for the archaeologists to conduct excavations in the Roman Market and Hadrian’s library
Nowadays Plaka is a major tourist destination
MODERN NEIGHBOURHOOD
PLAKA is visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists around the year and is under strict zoning and conservation regulations, as the only neighborhood in Athens where all utilities (water, power, cable television, telephone, internet, and sewage) lie underground in fully accessible, custom-made tunneling
Museums in Plaka include:
Acropolis Museum
Athens University Museum
Frissiras Museum
Jewish Museum of Greece
Museum of Greek Folk Art, an annex of which is the Old Public Baths building
Museum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments
Museum of Pavlos and Alexandra Kanellopoulou
CINEMA
Many movies of the Greek cinema were filmed in the area
TZISTARAKIS MOSQUE (Greek: Τζαμί Τζισταράκη is an Ottoman mosque, built in 1759, in Monastiraki Square, central Athens, Greece
It is now functioning as an annex of the Museum of Greek Folk Art