Erechtheion

Erechtheion : The Michelin guide review

This elegant 5C B.C. temple, with many places of worship, was a church, a palace, a harem and then a military magazine. The famous portico of the kores was named the «Caryatids tribune» because 6 statues of young women, clad in tunics with parallel folds, with a noble and calm attitude, support its architrave. The eastern portico leads to the sanctuary which housed the oldest statue of Athena. The western façade was modified during the Roman epoch. Admire the view from the end of the rock.