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Tagsacropolis
6 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Late Classical (Peloponnesian War) · Classical Athenian
421–405 BCE asymmetric Ionic with Caryatids, housing Athena Polias and Poseidon-Erechtheus on Mycenaean terrace.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Classic – Early Postclassic (c.100–900 CE) Western Maya frontier, Tzeltal Popo · Maya (Western Tzeltal – Popo dynasty)
Toniná (Tzeltal Popo, house of stone) dominates the Jataté tributary ridge 13 km east of Ocosingo, Chiapas, at 860 m, forming the most dramatic Maya acropolis: seven stepped terraces climb 71 m above…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B · Taş Tepeler PPN
Tektek summit acropolis with round terrazzo building and T-pillars, 7 km from Karahan Tepe.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Late Classic Maya 600–850 CE · Maya (Talol kingdom)
146-m Acropolis with jaguar stucco frieze, 600–850 CE Maya city.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Classical High 447–406 BCE over Bronze Age citadel · Athenian Classical Greek
Periclean citadel with Parthenon, Erechtheion Caryatids and Propylaia — summit of Classical Greece.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic Attalid to Roman Hadrianic (300 BCE – 130 CE) · Attalid Pergamene to Roman Asia provincial
Upper terrace Trajan–Hadrian Corinthian sanctuary behind Zeus altar.
