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and Michali Fotiades, and constructed from 2002 to 2007 on Areopagitou Street. It was inaugurated on Saturday, June 20, 2009, and the entrance fee was 1 euro for the first year, and 5 euros thereafter.
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barracks was chosen. The first competition was criticized and a new competition proclaimed some years later. In 2007 the old building was closed to prepare the move to the new building.
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remains from the monuments of the Acropolis and some artifacts that are excavated on the site. The building is located in the south-east corner of the Acropolis. In 1974 prime minister
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Drainage pipes from the Old Acropolis Museum have been attributed for causing much of the decay of the Acropolis.
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The Bronze Fragments of the Acropolis Bather A.G. The Journal of Hellenic Studies (13), 1892 - 1893, pp. 124-130
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and was constructed between 1865 and 1874. It was expanded in the 1950s to a modern design executed by
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The museum was home to many of the Greek world's ancient relics found in and around the
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proposed the construction of a new museum. Initial plans were made under
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The museum housed artifacts that were found on the site of the
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and the ground of the Makrygianni former military hospital and
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since excavations started. It was designed by architect
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Athens
Greece
Greek
Athens
Greece
Acropolis
Greek government
New Acropolis Museum
Acropolis
Acropolis of Athens
Panagis Kalkos
Patroklos Karantinos
sculptures
bronze
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Melina Mercouri
Gendarmerie
New Acropolis Museum
new building
Bernard Tschumi

Perserschutt
Acropolis of Athens
Acropolis of Athens
Parthenon
Propylaea
Erechtheum
Temple of Athena Nike
Eleusinion

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