Editing Acropolis (section)

== Modern-day uses ==

=== Tourism ===
Acropolises today have become the epicenters of tourism and attraction sites in many modern-day Greek cities. The Athenian Acropolis, in particular, is the most famous, and has the best vantage point in Athens, Greece. Today, tourists can purchase tickets to visit the Athenian Acropolis, including walking, sightseeing, and bus tours, as well as a classic Greek dinner.

===Cultural ties===
[[File:Quads at Columbia - panoramio.jpg|thumb|[[Columbia University]] in [[Morningside Heights, Manhattan]]]]
Because of its classical [[Hellenistic]] and Greco-Roman style, the ruins of [[Mission San Juan Capistrano|Mission San Juan Capistrano's]] Great Stone Church in [[California|California, United States]] has been called an American Acropolis.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hill|first=Veronica|date=2008|title=American Acropolis: Tour the majestic Great Stone Church at Mission San Juan Capistrano|work=Daily Press|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITBC&u=mlin_c_collhc&id=GALE%7CA174569820&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco|access-date=December 6, 2021}}</ref> The civilization developed its religious, educational, and cultural aspects of the acropolis, and is used today as a location that holds events, such as operas.

The neighborhood of [[Morningside Heights, Manhattan|Morningside Heights]] in New York City is commonly referred to as the "Academic Acropolis" due to its high elevation and the concentration of educational institutions in the area, including [[Columbia University]] and its affiliates, [[Barnard College]], [[Teachers College, Columbia University|Teachers College]], [[Union Theological Seminary (New York City)|Union Theological Seminary]] and the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]]; [[Manhattan School of Music]]; [[Bank Street College of Education]]; and [[New York Theological Seminary]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last=Gregory |first=Steven |date=2019 |title=Making the "American Acropolis": On Verticality, Hierarchy, and the Obduracy of Manhattan Schist |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24694452.2019.1625746 |journal= Annals of the American Association of Geographers|volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=78–97 |doi=10.1080/24694452.2019.1625746 |s2cid=201401410 }}</ref> The analogy is also aided by the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] architecture of the Columbia University campus, which was designed by [[McKim, Mead & White]] in the early 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Brigid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkR3EAAAQBAJ&dq=academic+acropolis+neoclassical+architecture+columbia&pg=PA82 |title=Musical Migration and Imperial New York: Early Cold War Scenes |date=2022-05-05 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-81801-6 |pages=82 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Excavations ===
Much of the modern-day uses of acropolises have been discovered through excavations that have developed over the course of many years. For example, the Athenian Acropolis includes a Great Temple that holds the Parthenon, a specific space for ancient worship. Through today's findings and research, the Parthenon treasury is able to be recognized as the west part of the structure (the Erechtheion), as well as the Parthenon itself.<ref name=":03"/> Most excavations have been able to provide archaeologists with samples of pottery, ceramics, and vessels. The excavation of the Acropolis of Halieis produced remains that provided context that dated the Acropolis at Halieis from the Final Neolithic period through the first Early Helladic period.<ref name=":12"/>