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5th century BCE

When a City Built an Ideal

The Acropolis of Athens

The Acropolis hill and Parthenon in Athens.
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece.Jebulon · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Architecture, sculpture, religion, politics and landscape were brought together into a monumental civic composition.

The Rethink

Architecture could embody an entire civilization's ideals.