What a great Acropolis video! Great narration. Well done!.

It was good I enjoyed it

I would have liked a real restoration with the total assembly of the old and new stones in order to have a new parthenon

I really enjoyed your narration and choice of historical information, Jules. I never knew about the other religions occupying the Parthenon. Very enlightening. Guess if I had to vote…While I’m open to debate, I’m actually glad the current restoration is trying to restore it to a more original appearance. That’s what the architects envisioned. The ‘rest’ can build their own temple. Sometimes, too many chefs ruin a dish. Thanks for the great video!

Metopes / me-to-PE:Z/. These are panels between the “ triglyphs” in a frieze. The triglyphs were memetic representations in marble of the milled wooden beam ends that supported the roofs of older wooden temples. The metopes were panels, often sculpted with historical or mythological scenes in the spaces between the triglyphs. Pronunciation note: you may know other Greek words which end in a single “e” that has a long “e” sound. These are the only words in English that do this: recipe, catastrophe, apostrophe, calliope, metope. There may be others I don’t remember.

I visited the Acropolis of Athens in 1990. It was newer then.

Fantastic. You are also an educated lady with a very good head on your shoulder. Just subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work!

There will always be complainers. The sidewalks are necessary for tourism at $22 a pop, which is financing the restoration of the buildings. Can't wait to see the Parthenon rebuilt. Please do NOT sign this troublemakers petition. Let the restoration continue as planned.

The poured concrete is removable. it's placed in squares on plastic. it can be removed without damaging underneath. ironically, the stone it's on that people think is ancient is actually from the 1950s but has been worn away by the millions of tourists to look ancient. Everything on the acropolis is reversible, removable and replaceable

I have visited the Acropolis of Athens many times and enjoyed your video. However, I was disappointed when you commented about the effort to "decolonize" the Acropolis to reflect other cultures and religions that had conquered Greece and modified the buildings of the Acropolis. The monuments reflect the time they were built. The current effort to restore the monuments to their original 5th Century BCE design, aside from the controversy about the concrete, is, in fact, an effort to decolonize them. The Mycenean temples and Archaic temples were destroyed by invaders long ago, and the Greeks themselves rebuilt them as a tribute to their gods, civilization, and even democracy. The 5th-century monuments of the Acropolis were built after citizens voted to build them, not because a king or a tyrant decreed it. Christians and Muslims later partially destroyed the Parthenon in war and converted it into a church and a mosque, defiling and stealing sacred sculptures. The temples on the Acropolis are dedicated to the Olympian Gods, primarily Athena. Even today, there are practitioners of Hellenism, a polytheistic religion dedicated to the worship of the ancient gods. The Greek Orthodox church is very powerful, but Hellenists are increasing in number, and a court in Athens officially recognized the religion in 2006. All that said, it stands to reason that what is left of the monuments should be restored as best as possible according to their architectural plans to honor the Greeks who built them, not the cultures and conquerors who came after them and ruined them. It wouldn't be acceptable to turn a sacred Catholic Church or Mosque into a pagan temple. And it's inaccurate to say that Greece needs to be "decolonized" to reflect modern times. Athens is a modern-day city filled with churches, mosques, offices, apartments, museums, and 21st-century problems. Without the ingenious people who worshipped ancient Greek gods and came up with a concept called democracy, we wouldn't be having this discussion today. They deserve to be honored, not diminished.

Why so many apologies and disclaimers

The stuttering footage is really uncomfortable to watch.

Why are you pronouncing the word 'ancient' like that? Do you have a speech impediment? Also, the whole thing about the concrete on the acropolis is bullshit propaganda from the political opposition of the ruling party. They're scraping the barrel of topics to "call out" the government. It's there for people to appreciate the monuments without getting hurt. Before that, 12 people a DAY, slipped, fell and got injured. If you're going to make an opinionated video, at least show both sides of the coin.