The Parthenon Through the Years

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Athens’ signature landmark, the Parthenon, continues to fascinate visitors 2,453 years later. Discover stories from the Parthenon’s construction by Pheidias, Christian and Venetian times, to the removal of the Elgin marbles to London and Otto’s near conversion of the monument in his royal residence.

This is a tour guide app. It shares unique, true, short stories for selected exhibits. Each exhibit is presented through a list of multiple stories, where the user can see the title and the time duration of each story.

You don’t need to be present to an exhibition area for the app to work. Clio Muse enables you to access the exhibits and their stories no matter where you are. The only thing you need is an active internet connection through wi-fi or 3G. You can download the app at home or at your hotel as a result, you can read our stories before you visit an exhibition, during your visit, or after. Clio Muse can be fun! Read true, entertaining, educational and short stories!

Otto, the first King of Greece, had conceived a grandiose plan to convert the Acropolis into one of the most impressive palaces of Europe. The architectural designs had been entrusted to the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841). Together, they envisioned a new, eighth wonder of the world, which would harmoniously combine the ancient monuments with the modern buildings. Extensive gardens, water fountains, a new statue of Athena and even a hippodrome would be constructed on the Acropolis, all of which, according to Schinkel, would breathe new life to the sacred rock, transforming it into a live, timeless museum. Otto’s father, an admirer of ancient Greece, finally put paid to these plans and the area of modern day Syntagma square was chosen as the site for the new palace.

Languages: Self-guided tour in English, Chinese and Greek.
Others: This tour includes 10 sights with approximately 10 short stories for each sight. The distance you will walk is 4km and some of the areas you will visit are: Acropolis Museum, Philopappos hill, Monastiraki, Hellenic Parliament.
Once you book the tour, Clio Muse will email you with easy step-by-step instructions on how to download the app on your Android or iOS devices (smartphones or tablets), and unlock the tour with your unique promo code. When you unlock it, you can: download the tour and take it with you, wherever you go, with full access to all the stories and the route map, even when you are offline; use it before, during, and after your visit and keep it when you go back home.