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MuseumsSite Name: New Acropolis Museum Alternative Name: Acropolis MuseumCountry: Greece Region: Central Greece Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Athens Nearest Village: Athens
Latitude: 37.968688N Longitude: 23.728172E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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bat400 visited on 1st May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 2008 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 5 Ambience: 5 Access: 5
The modern building rises over and incorporates the (generally) Roman era finds excavated as the museum was built. The Greek authorities and architects have created a space at the top of the building which would accommodate the Elgin marbles where they ever to be returned from the British Museum.
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