The Latest Breaking News from Acropolis

Tourist attraction was shut down for five hours on two days.

The iconic Acropolis in Athens was shut down for several hours in the middle of the day on Wednesday, 17 July, due to extreme heat.

Greek authorities are closing down the Acropolis for much of the afternoon for a second day as the country swelters under unseasonably high temperatures

Greece is one of the European countries most affected by the climate crisis.

Temperatures are expected to soar to 43C on Thursday

The Acropolis is closing for five hours due to heat wave temperatures in Greece that also prompted many schools to close

The Acropolis of Athens, the rocky hill in the Greek capital that is home to the iconic Parthenon temple, is one of the world’s most visited and well-known archaeological sites – but new insights about it are still emerging.

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

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