@@lilpenny1982 Do you mean the temple to Hephaestus in the Agora? My favorite is the Erechtheion, because of the legend, the different temples and the Caryatids, but the temple to Hephaisteion is small but impressive for its story, it is fading away though… I wish someone will protect it in some way. It gives me that nineteenth century romantic feelings. The temple of Zeus must have been absolutely magnificent. It is a pity things have been stolen, it would be great if they could restore those buildings at least partially. The UK could make perfect marble copies and return the originals to Athens. They have the techniques and the money to do it and people has other reasons to visit the British Museum and London.
I visited the Acropolis twice in my lifetime. In each instance, I was overwhelmed. My first visit was in 1974 and was of a short duration. Happily, I spent six months in Athens in 1976 and walked up those steps and around those buildings many dozens of times. At nights, I would sit in the Plaka with a glass of retsina or ouzo and look at the lighted Parthenon. Athens is magic. I easily felt at home there, as if, in centuries past, it had been my home.
Ok, Greece: Why have there been no significant effort to fully restore this magnificent site? Other cultures celebrate their past history with reconstructions. Greece, Egypt and Rome should do the same.
@@potatomo9609This is the most important principle of restoration doctrine like architectural science! Preserving not altering! This simple principle was elaborated in our Europe since the early 800 century, in Italy, England and France! For the reconstruction please go to Disneyland!
The Parthenon was erected after the victory over the Persians to honor those who fought for freedom. Its frieze depicts 192 men, they were the men who fell in the battle of Marathon. It is the first monument in the whole world to honor simple, ordinary men. Parthenon is the symbol of democracy.
As an Architecture student, I appreciate the way you explain things and perfectly present them with depth and understanding. Love your videos so so much. May you prosper and continue to do these amazing documentaries.
As a Greek I can positively say that this is the best rendition of the architectural marvel of the Acropololis that I have come across! Congratulations Mr Bravo!!! Bravo indeed!!! I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that an accurate reproduction of the Parthenon exists in Nashville, Tennessee - didn't know that. Excellent video Mr Bravo, thank you!
Great presentation. I visited the acropolis when i was 16 and i got very little out of it, a major disappointment, just remember i was sunburn and made the visit quick to avoid the sun. Now i am much older i i can appreciate more about it.
Excellent video and impressive commentary. This was completely captivating and I watched it with out stop. This is the architect of humanity and the classical age that fostered the future of architecture basically forever on. We should continue to artistically and cleverly honor and showcase the best parts of humanity in our structures to permeate the divisions created by the vices and villains, and support the triumphs of moral, virtues, and heroic human beings!
My first time in Athens was February 1979 - terrible traffic but no scaffolding then on the temple and the original Caryatids and remaining sculptures were in place , all thankfully now protected in the museums, plus a few friendly cats and the site was uncrowded - I was fortunate to have a professional guide who was wonderful - and your video explains the site exceptionally well! Have since returned to Athens at least 5 or 6 times and every time it’s as magical as the first. My spiritual home and can’t wait to return later this year and hopefully many more times in the future. Also your Delphi video was fantastic - it’s an amazing place too and not to be missed. Thank you so much!
Thank you, Manuel, for honoring the monuments of our home city. Your explanations and details are amazing. Greeks didn't made this monument for Greeks, but for the world. It is as world's heritage, and must being seen this way. Every aspect of the monument is perfect, and this is why perfection is something every one of us, every person and nation can follow, and overcome. The thinking was for the later generations to make better Parthenons, in the world, but also in their individual lives. I wish you personally all the best.
As a Brit l think the return of the frieze (Elgin Marbles) is long overdue. One point to add to the very good content: there is a massive contrast between Greek aesthetic sense, as represented by entasis and construction technology. The former is the most sophisticated any architecture will ever achieved. The corrections for the distortion of the eye enable the achievement of the ideal (a Greek concept) which is why the Parthenon looks ‘right’ when viewed from below, as was intended. But the construction method, post and lintel, is the simplest of all enclosed spaces. It did not matter for Greeks since the temples were like sculptures- mainly meant to be viewed from outside
An amazing structure that cannot be fully appreciated except in person. I would also highly recommend a visit to the Acropolis Museum at the base of the hill where thousands of artifacts are on display.
Excellent video ! The Athenian acropolis must have been magnificent in it's prime . The amount of thought and planning that went into the buildings is mind boggling . We can not forget the amount of physical work that created these masterpieces
It seems to me that all these ancient sites should be completely restored. I have passed through Nashville and I could not determine where the Parthenon Replica is. Thanks for showing it here.
Honestly, same. I realize this be a unpopular opinion, but I think those ancient sites would be much more beautiful as fully restored pieces of architecture rather than glorified ruins, as they are now.
@@guerreiro943 The problem with that is that we will never fully know what they originally looked like ("the devil's in the details" and all that), plus these sites have acquired loads of history since their initial construction. You'd basically be obliterating any meaningful remaining traces of history that the site has acquired over the years in an attempt to erect a heavily flawed shadow. Better to just erect a separate reconstruction elsewhere while preserving the original with all eras of it's history intact as best as you can, and have the best of both worlds that way.
Re: Octastyle vs Hexastyle. I was taught in art history that Greek temples had six columns at the entrance because six was the number of objects a human could recognize in a glance. Any more, and a human would have to count them. Gods, on the other hand, could perceive larger quantities at a glance, so the Parthenon, a temple of a God, exhibited this by having eight columns.
Acropolis in Athens is amazing!!! Definetly worth visiting. There is not that many buildings on that level of good architecture and felt out proportion... its realy unique realy!
Manuel, I am overwhelmed with respect and awe by the reverence, cultural and philosophical background of the architects and planners, mathematical knowledge, and execution of the Acropolis. Through your thoroughly realized video arising from great research, photography, and tastefully and precisely utilized CGI, I am sitting in stunned amazement not only of this astounding and beautiful Greek accomplishment and window into Athens of 2400 years ago but in the learning of the previously unknown to me existence of a detailed replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. Mind blown! I simultaneously felt a simmering anger upon learning of how the so-called Elgin marbles of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena, and the Propylaia sit in the British Museum having been looted "removed" in 1801-1812 by Thomas Bruce and shipped to England. I cannot comprehend how this holding by the British Museum can continue to be accepted as legitimate and legal by any governing body today. Congratulations on the execution of this concise, inspiring, educational, and beautifully executed video.
The Elgin Marbles were bought by the Brits from the Turks who had conquered Greece at that time. The Turks later filled the temple with ammo, figuring the Greeks would never blow it. They did. The Greeks fired mortars at the temple, and the ammo eexploded. If the Elgin marbles had not been removed, they would have been destroyed then. Although I agree, it's time and past time for the Brits to send them home. Retired librarian
Oh, thank you, Britain, for coming to the rescue and then keeping the rescued gems as your own for eternity. Yes, they belong in your museum and not on the structure that they were originally with and on. No, that's not looting, any more than the legitimate purchase of Manhattan was not.
Elgin shipped the Marbles to the UK 1802-1812 over a 10 year period. Difficult to believe that the local and central Ottoman government didn't know about it. There were no complaints raised at the time or in 1816 when they were sold to the British Museum. The Elgin Marbles were acquired by consent of the Ottoman authorities. By 1816 Athens had been part of the Ottoman Empire for 358 years ever since 1458, so many would say that they were the legitimate government at the time. "His actions were thoroughly investigated by a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1816 and found to be entirely legal, prior to the sculptures entering the collection of the British Museum by Act of Parliament," source: British Museum.
@@veramae4098 The British Museum has an international collection. There were only 1.4 million visitors to the Acropolis Museum June 2016 to May 2017 (not including visitors to the Acropolis itself). In 2019 there were over 6 million to the British Museum, about a half from abroad
It is good you didn't which let you have another kind of first impression. Now you can revisit it with more knowledge to get another second impression. This temple is so great you can visit it a few times.
Like everyone else here, I love the way you have produced this video. The music, cinematic shots, still and in motion. All combined together to make for a very moving visual feast!. Then, add your insightful and knowledgeable commentary!. Just superb!. Just like your surname, Bravo!!!👏👏🎉 But, i am struck by one fact- this is all dedicated to one idea- man. And, the other design influence of the Acropolis' layout of sightlines. And the ONE sightline that is considered eternal and divine from the entry point is the view straight ahead viewing the natural world. The world that Jesus SPOKE into existence. (1 John 1:1-In the beginning was the Word. And the word was with God and the Word was God..." Jesus IS the Word. So, while i stand in amazement at humans can do, I reiterate what the apostle Paul said in the amphitheater in Ephesus--why worship the things made with mens hands. Why not worship HE who made mens hands. Because that which man has made will always crumble. Yet that "perfect" "divine" sightline is STILL looking at the mountains and sky HE created. Which will NEVER stop flourishing until HE says it will Stop. Interesting, huh?
All my life I've been so drawn to Greek architecture and history my grandparents would often take me to the Paul Getty museum and I would take rolls of pictures I loved the statues we would also visit Hearst castle I found your channel and I've been watching your videos there wonderful I feel like I'm missing home have always felt that way about Greece thank you thoroughly enjoying your work
I wish there were more reproductions of these beautiful buildings. I'd love to visit both. I've been round most of Rome. But as for Greece the only ruins I've seen were on Kefalonia. The temples in southern Italy are still in ok condition and beautiful to see. Superb video. Thank you
Amazing video as an Athenian tbh I learned stuff I didn't know and your presantation was amazing! Really hope you do a vid about Athens and one about Ancient Olympia.
I've visited the Acropolis a few times, but never had the chance to fully understand what I was seeing. After watching this video, I'm inspired to visit again! It would be fantastic if you could create a self-guided tour based on this content. Many people walk around without understanding its significance, so this would be incredibly useful for them.
Manuel Bravo provides an excellent explanation and understanding of the Acropolis of Athens. The pictures are extremely helpful in understanding this extraordinary grouping of structures, and his commentary is very clear.
Thank you so much for this. Similar to another commenter, I visited the Acropolis as a young sailor with the United States Navy in 1971. I was fortunate to visit again in 2015. The work you did to create this video is evident and very much appreciated.
This would have been so useful in 1985- 86, in my final year at secondary school, when I did a "Crash" Higher Grade in Ancient Greek. After years of Latin, Green architecture and drama was an overwhelmingly refreshing experience. My teacher managed to get a grant for my father and I to travel from Glasgow to London to visit the (stolen) marbles at the British Museum. Nearest I came to actual real life Greek ruins, along with a Classics trip to the Bay of Naples in summer 1986, when we visited Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri and the temples at Paestum. Thanks for the memories!
Excellent video, thanks for paying tribute to our ancient history! A small addition to the narration, the Caryatides were the most beautiful women of the time, that’s why their look was chosen for the Erechthion.
No me canso de escribirte que tus videos son ESPECTACULARES! Bellos, llenos de datos e imágenes maravillosas. Tu trabajo es impresioante. Muchísimas gracias por compartirlo. Tengo que decirlo, Gran Bretaña DEBE devolver los tesoros que pertenecen a culturas de los países por donde ha pasado robándose lo posible y más.
Great job dude. as modern Athenian myself u made me almost cry. We have nothing alike those great ancestors only to admire the remains of this legendary land that happened to be born.. With your passion you are more true Athenian than ourselves. I want to visit Nashville one day. 😊 Pls make more videos about the classic era! You should visit Pella also in the North!
More than 7 Times to GREECE and each time the visit of Acropolis and the Parthenon is onligatory for me !!! O Love GREECE and Athènes ! Thanks for this nice video
Bravo! Signor Bravo! Wonderful vid. I've been to the actual Parthenon many times. You always find something new to be awe struck by. You are so right in recommending a trip to Nashville to see the reconstruction. I spent a day there. Wandering the colonnade portico alone in the moonlight was a bellissima experience. Grazie.
Another marvelous video. I'd always wondered why the lack of straight focal lines: thank you so much for showing why! It's awesome to learn something new about something you thought you knew everything about: I'll be looking at Greek and Hellenistic precincts in a very different way now... and with a lot more interest and understanding! Bravo Manuel Bravo!
I stumbled upon this because of the algorithm and I was very pleased. It's a great video, shot and edited very well, and the content itself was very informative in an engaging way. I'm going to watch the rest of the channel's videos now 🙂
Your command of the English language enabled you to hit the nuances necessary to explain all the subtle points of the architecture, symbology, and significance. That was outstanding. Thank you. Keep up this work!
In the early 2000's the theater next to it had no security, some Athens friend used to jump the fence with some beers and play music in the theater at night :-) also the rock under the entrance is a awesome chill-out place ...
This is a rare example of 1- a collection of a huge and original number of informations; 2- a remarkable effort of organizations of the informations; 3- a wonderful presentation, interesting, clear, satisfying both the average person and the competent, and captivating the attention (and a very good english pronunciation for an italian viewer like me!) I use the same word of @Pan472: Συγχαρητήρια!!!!
Amazing vídeo! I was looking for good information because in a couple of hours I'm going to enter to the Acrópolis for the first time. Thank you so much.
Bravo Mr. Bravo. Now I have a great reason to visit Nashville, Tennessee. Another master class about the origins of Western Culture. It was fascinating. Greetings from Texas 🇺🇸
I am Greek and I live in Athens I have visited the Acropolis on a few occasions but after viewing your video I felt compelled to visit it again with a different view point
This video was so dazzling, with its use of the actual Parthenon in Athens, its reconstruction in Nashville, Tennessee, and the computer graphic recreations. I liked especially how you explained how the Greeks, unlike the Romans who aligned their buildings and monuments along rectilinear axes, designed the Acropolis in terms of shifting lines of sight and changing scales so as to have visitors view the buildings from specific oblique angles in an unfolding panorama. It seems a lot more organic and, in a way, human-centered, whereas the Roman practice might be building-centered. I can’t imagine a better video on the Acropolis.
Waiting for your Athens video. Big credit for going to the Nashville replica! IMHO, its the only thing to see there... Hope you cover more of the Acropolis Museum. Exhibiting the back view of the caryatids was a genius idea, also so many amazing treasures.
Excellent . this is the first time I have truly understood the layout and meaning of the Arcopolis . Number one on my must see list is the reconstruction in Nashville An absolutely superb video . thank you
Congratulations on your very nice presentation, Manuel! Question: some virtual reconstructions show the sculptural friezes as being fully painted with lifelike colors, while the reconstruction in Nashville shows the figures as unicolored within colored borders. Which version do you believe is truer to what the Parthenon looked like in the 5th century BC?
Subscribed! As someone who has toured Greece many times since 1989, I have to complement you for our outstanding presentation! I am looking forward to sharing your channel with family members.
Excelente video Manuel! Estuve en ese lugar en Abril 2023 y con tus explicaciones pude revivir y entender con mayor información ese increible monumento. Gracias por tu trabajo! 💯👋👋👋
Dear Manuel Bravo, This documentary was beautiful and refreshing. The clarity and articulation of your narration made me fall in love with you. I had studied about the Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens many years ago at the Massachusetts College of Art when I was a student there 1970-74. My Greek American friends and I would also talk about the beauty and geometry of the Parthenon. Your documentary brought back so many fond memories but also a reminder why we felt so proud to be "Greeks" When I did go to Greece to live and work I found out how the natives for the most part were very indifferent about their ancient cultural heritage and felt no connection to it. It was hard for me to understand in the beginning but after about 18 years of the over 20 years living and working in Greece and finally, now being able to speak everyday Greek fluently, I understood that today's Hellenes identify more so with being Roman, that's to say, descendants of Byzantine Hellenism. Therefore I, finally embraced and accepted that I will always be the Greek American boy who was born and grew up in Everett, Massachusetts and that could never change. ΖΗΤΩ ΕΛΛΑΣ! ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΓΙΑ ΟΛΟΝ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟ. Thank you for your extraordinary knowledge and compelling narration in this marvelous documentary.
Very excellent. Thank you sincerely. Interesting how again the idea of procession is integral to the plan of the site, much like the plan in Thebes with those pylons.
Im sorry there are way more impressive structures in the world. You Greeks have the advantage that the Western Christian media that controls media and most history books favor Greece. But the Acropolis is nothing special compared to the Pyramids, the Ellora and Ajanta caves and Angkor wat. Also your ‘Pythagoras theorem’ was known and written out in India hundreds years before him. Enjoy that privilege while it last
To make a pun on his name. Bravo, a masterly explanation with graphics. I've been to the site but showing the replica in Tennessee was a master stroke. It really brought the original to life.
Just found your channel a few days ago and I LOVE it. Love the way you lay out the history and your shots are beautiful. Your accent (I'm American) is comforting to listen to. Amazing channel! My daughter is named Athen after this city 💙🩵
The crowds are amazing. I was there in August 1984, and there were large groups of tourists, but nothing like those shown early in this video. When did you film it?
I visited Athens in 1972 and was so inspired that I slept at the Acropolis one night overlooking the plaza below. I hope to go back. Thanks for the presentation !
Delphi ! Thank you, now I want too see the replica Parthenon in Tennessee. My favorite vewing was during the full moon when it is easier to imagine the missing parts.
Welcome to America! Nice cameo with the Nashville Parthenon. Excellent use of the elevations from Fragments d'Architecture Antique. Maybe one day the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris will invite you to present the original drawings. Some of their students made drawings in color.
What's your favorite Ancient Greek building?
My favorite building is the Temple of Aphaia on the island of Aigina.
El Altar de Zeus en Pèrgamo
The smaller Parthenon below the hill which is in tact.
@@lilpenny1982 Do you mean the temple to Hephaestus in the Agora? My favorite is the Erechtheion, because of the legend, the different temples and the Caryatids, but the temple to Hephaisteion is small but impressive for its story, it is fading away though… I wish someone will protect it in some way. It gives me that nineteenth century romantic feelings. The temple of Zeus must have been absolutely magnificent. It is a pity things have been stolen, it would be great if they could restore those buildings at least partially. The UK could make perfect marble copies and return the originals to Athens. They have the techniques and the money to do it and people has other reasons to visit the British Museum and London.
Agora, with all sense of freedom
I visited the Acropolis twice in my lifetime. In each instance, I was overwhelmed. My first visit was in 1974 and was of a short duration. Happily, I spent six months in Athens in 1976 and walked up those steps and around those buildings many dozens of times. At nights, I would sit in the Plaka with a glass of retsina or ouzo and look at the lighted Parthenon. Athens is magic. I easily felt at home there, as if, in centuries past, it had been my home.
Thanks for that memory. I have the same feeling at Versailles, which is the last thing I expected.
Didn't they diddle kids back then?
@@stellviahohenheimdo you spend much of your time thinking about such activities? Maybe you need help.
Greece seems alot different now in every way. How long did Ottoman’s control their country?
Went there for my 30th birthday and as you said, it feels like I have been there before, in a previous life.
As an inhabitant of Athens myself, I can attest in saying that this is the most detailed and coherent video on the Acropolis as of now. Συγχαρητήρια!
Ok, Greece: Why have there been no significant effort to fully restore this magnificent site? Other cultures celebrate their past history with reconstructions. Greece, Egypt and Rome should do the same.
@@gmg1985 If you want a reconstruction go to Tennessee. It's not a house to renovate.
@@gmg1985 Because restoration would bury the original historical site underneath. The current doctrine in history is to preserve not alter.
@@Pan472if i ever live in Athens i would visit acropolis every weekend, no cap
@@potatomo9609This is the most important principle of restoration doctrine like architectural science! Preserving not altering! This simple principle was elaborated in our Europe since the early 800 century, in Italy, England and France! For the reconstruction please go to Disneyland!
The Parthenon was erected after the victory over the Persians to honor those who fought for freedom. Its frieze depicts 192 men, they were the men who fell in the battle of Marathon. It is the first monument in the whole world to honor simple, ordinary men. Parthenon is the symbol of democracy.
😢😢😢Как Украине запечатлеть сотни тысяч своих героев, которые погибли от рук росии. А ведь война ещё не закончилась. 😢😢😢
@@марусякошка-з8зWe're focusing on the Parthenon, and not the conflict in Ukraine. Stay on topic.
❤️💚🤍i love you
There were Egyptian monuments to victory well before this was built. Not to mention China.
@@LUIS-ox1bv It's a bot. Ignore it.
As an Architecture student, I appreciate the way you explain things and perfectly present them with depth and understanding. Love your videos so so much. May you prosper and continue to do these amazing documentaries.
As a Greek I can positively say that this is the best rendition of the architectural marvel of the Acropololis that I have come across! Congratulations Mr Bravo!!! Bravo indeed!!!
I was also pleasantly surprised to learn that an accurate reproduction of the Parthenon exists in Nashville, Tennessee - didn't know that.
Excellent video Mr Bravo, thank you!
Bravo young man! Well done...I used this documentary to guide my visit to the Acropolis this week. Immensely helpful.
I'm glad it was useful!
I and my wife were at the Acropolis in May 2023. I'm fortunate to visit Parthenon and its adjoining buildings
Great presentation. I visited the acropolis when i was 16 and i got very little out of it, a major disappointment, just remember i was sunburn and made the visit quick to avoid the sun. Now i am much older i i can appreciate more about it.
Hundreds of videos on the Acropolis. This is the best by far. Two words: Thank You.
Very good job Manuel
Greetings from Athens!
Excellent video and impressive commentary. This was completely captivating and I watched it with out stop. This is the architect of humanity and the classical age that fostered the future of architecture basically forever on. We should continue to artistically and cleverly honor and showcase the best parts of humanity in our structures to permeate the divisions created by the vices and villains, and support the triumphs of moral, virtues, and heroic human beings!
Amazing the Greeks understood how to achieve these structures.
Downhill ever since.
I learned about Nashville’s Parthenon when I first visited in 1995. It’s still favorite sight in the city.
My first time in Athens was February 1979 - terrible traffic but no scaffolding then on the temple and the original Caryatids and remaining sculptures were in place , all thankfully now protected in the museums, plus a few friendly cats and the site was uncrowded - I was fortunate to have a professional guide who was wonderful - and your video explains the site exceptionally well! Have since returned to Athens at least 5 or 6 times and every time it’s as magical as the first. My spiritual home and can’t wait to return later this year and hopefully many more times in the future. Also your Delphi video was fantastic - it’s an amazing place too and not to be missed. Thank you so much!
The part where the video shows the olive tree and explains its history, brought goosebumps all over my body 😯
Thank you, Manuel, for honoring the monuments of our home city. Your explanations and details are amazing.
Greeks didn't made this monument for Greeks, but for the world. It is as world's heritage, and must being seen this way.
Every aspect of the monument is perfect, and this is why perfection is something every one of us, every person and nation can follow, and overcome.
The thinking was for the later generations to make better Parthenons, in the world, but also in their individual lives.
I wish you personally all the best.
As a Brit l think the return of the frieze (Elgin Marbles) is long overdue. One point to add to the very good content: there is a massive contrast between Greek aesthetic sense, as represented by entasis and construction technology. The former is the most sophisticated any architecture will ever achieved. The corrections for the distortion of the eye enable the achievement of the ideal (a Greek concept) which is why the Parthenon looks ‘right’ when viewed from below, as was intended. But the construction method, post and lintel, is the simplest of all enclosed spaces. It did not matter for Greeks since the temples were like sculptures- mainly meant to be viewed from outside
An amazing structure that cannot be fully appreciated except in person. I would also highly recommend a visit to the Acropolis Museum at the base of the hill where thousands of artifacts are on display.
Your greek accent is excellent
ευχαριστώ πολύ
@@ManuelBravoBut are you Hispanic?
Excellent video ! The Athenian acropolis must have been magnificent in it's prime . The amount of thought and planning that went into the buildings is mind boggling . We can not forget the amount of physical work that created these masterpieces
Gov Ron Desantis won't allow you to discuss slaves doing the physical work.
Are you ok bro???
Really? Leftist trolls on THIS CHANNEL?! I'd never have thought they were intelligent enough to be interested.
@@geothermalAxegrinder has entered the chat.
It's magnificent now !
Magnificent Manuel! I didn’t know the existence of the duplicate Parthenon in Nashville Tennessee. Thanks for sharing!!!
I admire the amount of work which is behind all of your videos. That effort makes them the best. Bravo, Manuel! 👏🙂
Best vídeo on the Acrópolis!
It seems to me that all these ancient sites should be completely restored. I have passed through Nashville and I could not determine where the Parthenon Replica is. Thanks for showing it here.
Honestly, same. I realize this be a unpopular opinion, but I think those ancient sites would be much more beautiful as fully restored pieces of architecture rather than glorified ruins, as they are now.
@@guerreiro943 The problem with that is that we will never fully know what they originally looked like ("the devil's in the details" and all that), plus these sites have acquired loads of history since their initial construction. You'd basically be obliterating any meaningful remaining traces of history that the site has acquired over the years in an attempt to erect a heavily flawed shadow. Better to just erect a separate reconstruction elsewhere while preserving the original with all eras of it's history intact as best as you can, and have the best of both worlds that way.
Re: Octastyle vs Hexastyle.
I was taught in art history that Greek temples had six columns at the entrance because six was the number of objects a human could recognize in a glance. Any more, and a human would have to count them. Gods, on the other hand, could perceive larger quantities at a glance, so the Parthenon, a temple of a God, exhibited this by having eight columns.
Acropolis in Athens is amazing!!! Definetly worth visiting. There is not that many buildings on that level of good architecture and felt out proportion... its realy unique realy!
Brilliant analysis, Manuel Bravo. You are among the finest teachers in the world!
Manuel, I am overwhelmed with respect and awe by the reverence, cultural and philosophical background of the architects and planners, mathematical knowledge, and execution of the Acropolis. Through your thoroughly realized video arising from great research, photography, and tastefully and precisely utilized CGI, I am sitting in stunned amazement not only of this astounding and beautiful Greek accomplishment and window into Athens of 2400 years ago but in the learning of the previously unknown to me existence of a detailed replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. Mind blown! I simultaneously felt a simmering anger upon learning of how the so-called Elgin marbles of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena, and the Propylaia sit in the British Museum having been looted "removed" in 1801-1812 by Thomas Bruce and shipped to England. I cannot comprehend how this holding by the British Museum can continue to be accepted as legitimate and legal by any governing body today. Congratulations on the execution of this concise, inspiring, educational, and beautifully executed video.
They were not ‘looted’. Do some research!
The Elgin Marbles were bought by the Brits from the Turks who had conquered Greece at that time.
The Turks later filled the temple with ammo, figuring the Greeks would never blow it.
They did. The Greeks fired mortars at the temple, and the ammo eexploded.
If the Elgin marbles had not been removed, they would have been destroyed then.
Although I agree, it's time and past time for the Brits to send them home.
Retired librarian
Oh, thank you, Britain, for coming to the rescue and then keeping the rescued gems as your own for eternity. Yes, they belong in your museum and not on the structure that they were originally with and on. No, that's not looting, any more than the legitimate purchase of Manhattan was not.
Elgin shipped the Marbles to the UK 1802-1812 over a 10 year period. Difficult to believe that the local and central Ottoman government didn't know about it. There were no complaints raised at the time or in 1816 when they were sold to the British Museum. The Elgin Marbles were acquired by consent of the Ottoman authorities. By 1816 Athens had been part of the Ottoman Empire for 358 years ever since 1458, so many would say that they were the legitimate government at the time.
"His actions were thoroughly investigated by a Parliamentary Select Committee in 1816 and found to be entirely legal, prior to the sculptures entering the collection of the British Museum by Act of Parliament," source: British Museum.
@@veramae4098 The British Museum has an international collection. There were only 1.4 million visitors to the Acropolis Museum June 2016 to May 2017 (not including visitors to the Acropolis itself). In 2019 there were over 6 million to the British Museum, about a half from abroad
Marvelous vid greek architecture is fascinating, greetings from Mexico!
I wish I had watched this before I went to Athens so I could understand the Parthenon in person a little bit more. Fantastic video! 👏🏻
It is good you didn't which let you have another kind of first impression. Now you can revisit it with more knowledge to get another second impression. This temple is so great you can visit it a few times.
Like everyone else here, I love the way you have produced this video. The music, cinematic shots, still and in motion. All combined together to make for a very moving visual feast!. Then, add your insightful and knowledgeable commentary!. Just superb!. Just like your surname, Bravo!!!👏👏🎉
But, i am struck by one fact- this is all dedicated to one idea- man. And, the other design influence of the Acropolis' layout of sightlines. And the ONE sightline that is considered eternal and divine from the entry point is the view straight ahead viewing the natural world. The world that Jesus SPOKE into existence. (1 John 1:1-In the beginning was the Word. And the word was with God and the Word was God..." Jesus IS the Word. So, while i stand in amazement at humans can do, I reiterate what the apostle Paul said in the amphitheater in Ephesus--why worship the things made with mens hands. Why not worship HE who made mens hands. Because that which man has made will always crumble. Yet that "perfect" "divine" sightline is STILL looking at the mountains and sky HE created. Which will NEVER stop flourishing until HE says it will Stop. Interesting, huh?
All my life I've been so drawn to Greek architecture and history my grandparents would often take me to the Paul Getty museum and I would take rolls of pictures I loved the statues we would also visit Hearst castle I found your channel and I've been watching your videos there wonderful I feel like I'm missing home have always felt that way about Greece thank you thoroughly enjoying your work
With your videos of the treasures of the past, you make history come alive again, you can almost touch it, feel it, be part of it.
As an Athenian citizen I should congratulate you Manuel for this precise, thorough, well studied but also spectacular presentation ! "Bravo" Manuel !
I wish there were more reproductions of these beautiful buildings. I'd love to visit both. I've been round most of Rome. But as for Greece the only ruins I've seen were on Kefalonia. The temples in southern Italy are still in ok condition and beautiful to see. Superb video. Thank you
Amazing video as an Athenian tbh I learned stuff I didn't know and your presantation was amazing! Really hope you do a vid about Athens and one about Ancient Olympia.
I've visited the Acropolis a few times, but never had the chance to fully understand what I was seeing. After watching this video, I'm inspired to visit again! It would be fantastic if you could create a self-guided tour based on this content. Many people walk around without understanding its significance, so this would be incredibly useful for them.
Manuel Bravo provides an excellent explanation and understanding of the Acropolis of Athens. The pictures are extremely helpful in understanding this extraordinary grouping of structures, and his commentary is very clear.
Thank you so much for this. Similar to another commenter, I visited the Acropolis as a young sailor with the United States Navy in 1971. I was fortunate to visit again in 2015. The work you did to create this video is evident and very much appreciated.
The dry Greek landscape reminds me so much East San Diego, California 😢 beautiful ✌️
Excellent video. Very knowledgeable. Makes me want to go back and spend more times there. The museum should run this vid on their mini theater.
Thanks for the video! I’ve to go to the real place but Nashville’s building was great to visit.
That place is beautiful, Greece in general is a beautiful country. Everywhere I went it was amanzing
This would have been so useful in 1985- 86, in my final year at secondary school, when I did a "Crash" Higher Grade in Ancient Greek. After years of Latin, Green architecture and drama was an overwhelmingly refreshing experience. My teacher managed to get a grant for my father and I to travel from Glasgow to London to visit the (stolen) marbles at the British Museum. Nearest I came to actual real life Greek ruins, along with a Classics trip to the Bay of Naples in summer 1986, when we visited Pompeii, Herculaneum, Capri and the temples at Paestum. Thanks for the memories!
Thank you, very informative, i 've learned some details i wasn't aware of and i am Greek
Your channel is fantastic. I'm about to visit Athens and Delphi and I feel more than prepared by your wonderful introduction.
Excellent video, thanks for paying tribute to our ancient history! A small addition to the narration, the Caryatides were the most beautiful women of the time, that’s why their look was chosen for the Erechthion.
No me canso de escribirte que tus videos son ESPECTACULARES! Bellos, llenos de datos e imágenes maravillosas. Tu trabajo es impresioante. Muchísimas gracias por compartirlo.
Tengo que decirlo, Gran Bretaña DEBE devolver los tesoros que pertenecen a culturas de los países por donde ha pasado robándose lo posible y más.
I never tire of seeing you.....a truly classically handsome man.....I've seen both buildings in Athens and Nashville.....
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whoever designed this was a genius of proportion.
It makes you think our ancestors were more technically advanced than us in many ways....you'd never see something like this built today.
@@iam1smiley1 It's amazing what people can do without TV.
@@paulHx415Or computors.
@@paulHx415 True, these people had time.
@@iam1smiley1 Well, this video says a copy of the Parthenon was built in Nashville. 😮
Great job dude. as modern Athenian myself u made me almost cry. We have nothing alike those great ancestors only to admire the remains of this legendary land that happened to be born.. With your passion you are more true Athenian than ourselves.
I want to visit Nashville one day. 😊
Pls make more videos about the classic era! You should visit Pella also in the North!
Only one word: EXCELLENT.
Very useful--- I have climbed up there twice in the hoards of tourists, also been to Nashville, where it is considerably less crowded.
More than 7 Times to GREECE and each time the visit of Acropolis and the Parthenon is onligatory for me !!! O Love GREECE and Athènes ! Thanks for this nice video
Bravo! Signor Bravo! Wonderful vid. I've been to the actual Parthenon many times. You always find something new to be awe struck by. You are so right in recommending a trip to Nashville to see the reconstruction. I spent a day there. Wandering the colonnade portico alone in the moonlight was a bellissima experience. Grazie.
Another marvelous video. I'd always wondered why the lack of straight focal lines: thank you so much for showing why! It's awesome to learn something new about something you thought you knew everything about: I'll be looking at Greek and Hellenistic precincts in a very different way now... and with a lot more interest and understanding!
Bravo Manuel Bravo!
I stumbled upon this because of the algorithm and I was very pleased. It's a great video, shot and edited very well, and the content itself was very informative in an engaging way. I'm going to watch the rest of the channel's videos now 🙂
Always love seeing a new video from you! It's always exciting, and I always learn something new :)
The colors makes it so beautiful. The red the gold the blue. Magnificent
Enjoy watching and learning from your channel…the visual, the graphic, the sound are great.
Excellent video! Cool that Nashville made a replica; makes it easier to visualise how it used to be.
Your command of the English language enabled you to hit the nuances necessary to explain all the subtle points of the architecture, symbology, and significance. That was outstanding. Thank you. Keep up this work!
Watching this because i just visited this beauty this Monday. Thank you for the upload
In the early 2000's the theater next to it had no security, some Athens friend used to jump the fence with some beers and play music in the theater at night :-) also the rock under the entrance is a awesome chill-out place ...
This is a rare example of 1- a collection of a huge and original number of informations; 2- a remarkable effort of organizations of the informations; 3- a wonderful presentation, interesting, clear, satisfying both the average person and the competent, and captivating the attention (and a very good english pronunciation for an italian viewer like me!)
I use the same word of @Pan472: Συγχαρητήρια!!!!
Amazing vídeo! I was looking for good information because in a couple of hours I'm going to enter to the Acrópolis for the first time. Thank you so much.
Great video! 😊
Bravo Mr. Bravo. Now I have a great reason to visit Nashville, Tennessee. Another master class about the origins of Western Culture. It was fascinating. Greetings from Texas 🇺🇸
I love your videos! The visuals are great and the explanations are detailed and informative.
Thank you for interesting information. There is also similar to Parthenon building near the Regensburg - Walhalla. Monument in Donaustauf, Germany.
I am Greek and I live in Athens
I have visited the Acropolis on a few occasions
but after viewing your video I felt compelled to visit it again with a different view point
This video was so dazzling, with its use of the actual Parthenon in Athens, its reconstruction in Nashville, Tennessee, and the computer graphic recreations. I liked especially how you explained how the Greeks, unlike the Romans who aligned their buildings and monuments along rectilinear axes, designed the Acropolis in terms of shifting lines of sight and changing scales so as to have visitors view the buildings from specific oblique angles in an unfolding panorama. It seems a lot more organic and, in a way, human-centered, whereas the Roman practice might be building-centered. I can’t imagine a better video on the Acropolis.
This video is one of, if not the most comprehensive presentation explaining and video documenting some of the greatest works of the human endeavor!
Waiting for your Athens video. Big credit for going to the Nashville replica! IMHO, its the only thing to see there...
Hope you cover more of the Acropolis Museum. Exhibiting the back view of the caryatids was a genius idea, also so many amazing treasures.
Your videos change my mood, my day and over time, my life. Thanks!
I always enjoy your thorough and engaging expositions. Thank you for your good work!
Excellent . this is the first time I have truly understood the layout and meaning of the Arcopolis . Number one on my must see list is the reconstruction in Nashville An absolutely superb video . thank you
Congratulations on your very nice presentation, Manuel! Question: some virtual reconstructions show the sculptural friezes as being fully painted with lifelike colors, while the reconstruction in Nashville shows the figures as unicolored within colored borders. Which version do you believe is truer to what the Parthenon looked like in the 5th century BC?
Subscribed! As someone who has toured Greece many times since 1989, I have to complement you for our outstanding presentation! I am looking forward to sharing your channel with family members.
Excelente video Manuel! Estuve en ese lugar en Abril 2023 y con tus explicaciones pude revivir y entender con mayor información ese increible monumento. Gracias por tu trabajo! 💯👋👋👋
Excellent and very interesting video. Really well presented.
This channel deserves more love
Dear Manuel Bravo,
This documentary was beautiful and refreshing. The clarity and articulation of your narration made me fall in love with you. I had studied about the Parthenon and Acropolis of Athens many years ago at the Massachusetts College of Art when I was a student there 1970-74. My Greek American friends and I would also talk about the beauty and geometry of the Parthenon. Your documentary brought back so many fond memories but also a reminder why we felt so proud to be "Greeks" When I did go to Greece to live and work I found out how the natives for the most part were very indifferent about their ancient cultural heritage and felt no connection to it. It was hard for me to understand in the beginning but after about 18 years of the over 20 years living and working in Greece and finally, now being able to speak everyday Greek fluently, I understood that today's Hellenes identify more so with being Roman, that's to say, descendants of Byzantine Hellenism. Therefore I, finally embraced and accepted that I will always be the Greek American boy who was born and grew up in Everett, Massachusetts and that could never change. ΖΗΤΩ ΕΛΛΑΣ! ΕΙΡΗΝΗ ΓΙΑ ΟΛΟΝ ΤΟΝ ΚΟΣΜΟ. Thank you for your extraordinary knowledge and compelling narration in this marvelous documentary.
Thank you for your comment! I'm glad you enjoy my work!
Bravo Manuel! The best explanation of Acropolis in YT. Keep it up!
Very excellent. Thank you sincerely. Interesting how again the idea of procession is integral to the plan of the site, much like the plan in Thebes with those pylons.
First video of yours I've watched, absolutely incredible! Time to binge watch all of your other work now
Thanks!
Thanks to you!
I am so happy to watch your videos.😊 So much research and information. Brilliant work, Manuel.
Love the way you start your videos. Right to the story. Great filmmaking.
Eternal glory to our formidable ancestors.
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Im sorry there are way more impressive structures in the world. You Greeks have the advantage that the Western Christian media that controls media and most history books favor Greece. But the Acropolis is nothing special compared to the Pyramids, the Ellora and Ajanta caves and Angkor wat.
Also your ‘Pythagoras theorem’ was known and written out in India hundreds years before him.
Enjoy that privilege while it last
Nobody forced you to watch a video regarding the formidable Acropolis lad. ✌️
@@ashokathegreat4534: Keep crying...
Ευχαριστούμε για το όμορφο βίντεο 🇬🇷😊
To make a pun on his name. Bravo, a masterly explanation with graphics. I've been to the site but showing the replica in Tennessee was a master stroke. It really brought the original to life.
Inspiring, enlightening and enjoyable [as always, actually] Thank you so much Manuel
This is the most comprehensive, well produced tour of this iconic site. Just perfect in every way. So much great info and detail. Bravo, Manuel.
Just found your channel a few days ago and I LOVE it. Love the way you lay out the history and your shots are beautiful. Your accent (I'm American) is comforting to listen to. Amazing channel!
My daughter is named Athen after this city 💙🩵
The crowds are amazing. I was there in August 1984, and there were large groups of tourists, but nothing like those shown early in this video. When did you film it?
I visited Athens in 1972 and was so inspired that I slept at the Acropolis one night overlooking the plaza below. I hope to go back.
Thanks for the presentation !
Great video and a teaser of the grandeur that was Greek architecture / society. ALL before AI and computers - inspiring indeed !!
Delphi !
Thank you, now I want too see the replica Parthenon in Tennessee. My favorite vewing was during the full moon when it is easier to imagine the missing parts.
Welcome to America! Nice cameo with the Nashville Parthenon. Excellent use of the elevations from Fragments d'Architecture Antique. Maybe one day the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris will invite you to present the original drawings. Some of their students made drawings in color.