Page 289 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Greek Islands
P. 289

Must See


                                         BC 447–
                                         438
                                            Construction
                                         ▼
        Timeline  3000 BC                of the Parthenon
                                         begins under
             First settlement on
          ▼
          the Acropolis during
                                         noted Athenian
                                         leader Pericles.
          the Neolithic period.
                           510 BC                     AD 1985
                             ▲ Delphic Oracle           ▲ Restorations
                           declares the               begin on the
                           Acropolis a holy           Acropolis site,
                           place of the gods,         starting with
                           banning habita­            the Erechtheion.
                           tion by mortals.















































                                                                  289



   288-291_EW_Greek_Islands.indd   289                       18/12/2018   16:14
   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294