December 5, 2018
The excavations on the Pnyx and the Act on the deregulation of quarrying The Archaeological Society at Athens undertakes excavations under the direction of Petros Pervanoglou, west of the Hills of the Pnyx and of the Muses (Philopappos). The […]
December 5, 2018
The archaeological map by Émile Burnouf In his treatise, Émile Burnouf, a delegate of the French School of Archaeology, describes and depicts on an accompanying map the ancient remains of houses, streets, cisterns and graves that were visible across […]
December 5, 2018
The construction of the Observatory and excavations at the rear of the Pnyx The first research foundation in Greece was housed in a building constructed upon drawings of the Danish architect Theophilus Hansen, and thanks to a donation by […]
December 5, 2018
Installation of the first abattoir In a remote stretch of land to the north of the Observatory the first basic abattoir is established under the mayoralty of Demetrios Kallifronas (1837, 1840–1841). In his treatise on the Western Hills of […]
December 5, 2018
The Western Hills set outside urban planning After the proclamation of Athens as capital of the newly-founded Greek state, the urban planning by architects Kleanthis and Schaubert keeps intact the ancient landscape of Athens on the Hills. The expansion […]
December 5, 2018
The first archaeological research undertaken by Pittakis From 1831 onwards, and under the auspices of the Archaeological Society at Athens, the archaeologist Kyriakos Pittakis would now and then undertake searches in the area of the Pnyx. These brought to […]
December 5, 2018
The siege of the Acropolis The caves and fortresses of the Hills change hands between the Greek and Turk besiegers of the Castle, who were setting up their bastions on Agia Marina, on Seggio (Philopappos) and the Pnyx. The […]
December 5, 2018
The Venetian–Turkish War: The siege of the Parthenon viewed from the Hills According to sources, in 1687 the Venetians placed a battery of 15 cannons on the Hill of the Muses (Philopappos), another one of 9 cannons on the […]
December 5, 2018
Post-Byzantine period: Folk beliefs around the caves and the rock-cut spaces of the Hills On this barren landscape lacking any form of vegetation, the natural caves and ancient rocky cuttings inspire stories in which history mingles with legends, while […]
December 5, 2018
Mid-Byzantine period: Erection of churches atop ancient ruins The Hills’ neighbourhood is revived. Agios Demetrios Loumbardiaris is built upon the ruins of an ancient tower of the Compartment Wall (diateichisma). The little church of Agia Marina is founded following […]
December 5, 2018
Early Christian period: Residential and funeral use of the Hills It seems that the area of the Hills continued to be inhabited until the 6th century A.D., while the rock-cut caves near the Pnyx and the grounds of the […]
December 5, 2018
Roman citizens settling on the Hills The small rock-cut shrine bearing the relief representation of Pan, to the northeast of the Hill of the Pnyx, is transformed and constitutes part of a luxurious residential complex; it has undergone consecutive […]