The Parthenon angle
The full profile at equal height — the famous shot.
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Philopappos is the Hill of the Muses and Athens' great free balcony: a pine wood directly opposite the Acropolis giving its most famous photographic angles — the Parthenon in full profile from equal height, the city and its sea behind to the Saronic. Its paved paths (Pikionis' celebrated stone-by-stone design) climb past the Roman funerary Philopappos Monument on the crest (116 AD), the rock-cut "Prison of Socrates" of legend, and the small Byzantine St. Demetrios church — with its sisters: the Hill of the Nymphs and its observatory, and the Pnyx, where history's first popular assembly met: democracy's literal speaker's rock. Sunset is its greatest rite: the Parthenon burns gold then lights up — carry water, and crowds here never learned the word.
The full profile at equal height — the famous shot.
Modernist stone-craft now protected heritage.
The Syrian-Roman prince's tomb crowning the summit.
Philopappos Hill, 11741 Athens
The Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery MuseumA jewellery museum on the southern slope of the Acropolis devoted to the work of6 minutes walk4.6
The PnyxA low rocky hill west of the Acropolis, holding a plain stone platform and a nat7 minutes walk4.8
The Beulé GateA fortified gate at the western entrance to the Acropolis, which you pass throug7 minutes walk4.7
The Areopagus RockThe Areopagus is a bare rock beneath the Acropolis gate that carried the heavies7 minutes walk4.7
The Acropolis MuseumThe Acropolis Museum ranks with the new millennium's greatest: glass and light a8 minutes walk4.8The main sunset path is well-trodden and photographer-peopled — keep to it, descend with the last light, no worry. Usual belongings-care in the crowd — and the dark side paths are not for night.