Athens Holidays - Modern Academy of Athens

The Academy of Athens (Greek: Ακαδημία Αθηνών) is Greece's national academy,

and the highest research establishment in the country. It was established in 1926,

and operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.

The Academy's main building is one of the major landmarks of Athens.

The organization of the Academy of Athens, whose title hearkens back to the ancient Academy of Plato,

was first established on 18 March 1926, and its charter was ratified by the law.

This charter, with subsequent amendments, is still valid and governs the Academy's affairs.

According to it, the Academy is divided into three Orders:

Natural Sciences, Letters and Arts, Moral and Political Sciences.

The main building of the Academy is a neoclassical building between Panepistimiou Street and Akadimias Street

in the centre of Athens. The building was designed as part of an architectural "trilogy" in 1859 by the Danish

architect Theophil Hansen, along with the University and the National Library.

Funds had been provided by the magnate Simon Sinas specifically for the purpose, and the foundation stone was

laid on 2 August 1859. Construction proceeded rapidly, after 1861 under the supervision of Ernst Ziller,

but the internal tumults during the latter years of King Otto's reign, which resulted in his ousting in 1862,

hampered construction until it was stopped in 1864. Works resumed in 1868, but the building was not completed

until 1885, at a total cost of 2,843,319 gold drachmas, most of it provided by Sinas, and, after his death,

by his wife Ifigeneia. The sculptures were undertaken by the Greek Leonidas Drosis, while the murals

and paintings by the Austrian Christian Griepenkerl.

On 20 March 1887, the building of the "Sinaean Academy", as it was called, was delivered by Ziller to the Greek

Prime Minister, Charilaos Trikoupis. In the absence of a national Academy, the building was used for housing

the Numismatic Museum in 1890, and in 1914 the Byzantine Museum and the State Archives. Finally, on 24 March 1926,

the building was handed over to the newly-established Academy of Athens.

(Information from Wekipedia)

 

 

 

 

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The main building of the Academy of Athens, one of Theophil Hansen's "Trilogy" in central Athens.

Happy CNY & Valentine's Day

祝大家新年及情人節愉快!

Happy Chinese New Year & Valentine's Day!

Athens Holidays - The Acropolis (Part IV)

我在雅典衛城拍了很多照片。我很高興能夠和你們分享這一神秘的地方。

文化意義

每四年雅典人便會舉行泛雅典娜節，其與奧林匹克運動會的重要度相約。

在節日期間會有一隊隊伍由雅典城向衛城前進，

並進入巴特農神殿(在巴特農神殿的帶狀雕刻裡有描述)。

而雅典人會將佩潑洛斯女裝放在菲迪亞斯的巨大象牙與黃金雅典娜雕像上。

美術與建築

雅典衛城入口被稱為衛城山門。在衛城山門右方有著細小的勝利女神雅典娜神殿。

而由菲迪亞斯雕塑的雅典娜銅像，

原來是站在山門正中。在衛城正中為巴特農神殿(即純潔的雅典娜神殿)。

 在山門左方為厄瑞克忒翁廟與女像柱。城外亦有著劇場，稱為酒神劇場。(資料來自維基百科)

 

 

I took many photos at the Acropoli in Athens.

I am very pleased to be able to share this mythical place with you.

Archaeological remains

The entrance to the Acropolis was a monumental gateway called the Propylaea.

To the south of the entrance is the tiny Temple of Athena Nike.

A bronze statue of Athena, sculpted by Phidias,

originally stood at its centre. At the centre of the Acropolis is the Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos

(Athena the Virgin). East of the entrance and north of the Parthenon is the temple known as the Erechtheum.

South of the platform that forms the top of the Acropolis there are also the remains of an outdoor theatre called

Theatre of Dionysus. A few hundred metres away, there is the now partially reconstructed Theatre of Herodes Atticus.

All the valuable ancient artifacts are situated in the Acropolis Museum, which resides on the southern

slope of the same rock, 280 metres from the Parthenon. (Information from Wekipedia)

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The Acropolis

雅典衛城