Hill of the Acropolis and Propylaea

According to legend, on the Acropolis Hill, Poseidon struck with his trident, and it was here that the first olive tree of Athena grew. For a long time, the hill was just a high cliff, but the Athenians gradually "clothed" it in stone, cut off the top, erected giant walls, and turned it into a flat sacred platform. And on the border of this man-made world of gods and the world of people, they placed the Propylaea — majestic marble gates.