Acropolis and the Parthenon

The Parthenon (means: House of the Virgin) was a temple to Athena. It was converted into a Catholic Church and suffered massive destruction when a Venetian cannon ball set off stored Ottoman ammunition during the 1687 war.

They currently are restoring it by using special cranes that fold down so as not to ruin the view.
Parthenon

Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis. Bartholdi used one of the Caryatid women as inspiration for the statue of Liberty along with his mothers face.
These are copies of the originals that are now in the Athens Museum. Lord Elgin, in the early 1800's, tried to take the originals but couldn't because his workers got scared off by strange shrieking noises coming from the underground caverns. He ended up with only one for his garden which is now in the British Museum.