Pnyx

The Pnyx (; ; , Pnyka) is a hill or hillside in central Athens, the capital of Greece. Beginning as early as 507 BC (Fifth-century Athens), the Athenians gathered on the Pnyx to host their popular assemblies, thus making the hill one of the earliest and most important sites in the creation of democracy.

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Ancient site.name: Pnyx
Ancient site.native_name: Πνύκα
Ancient site.image: Pnyx Bema 2.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Pnyx speaker's platform
Ancient site.map_caption: Location of the Pnyx on a map of Athens
Ancient site.map_type: Greece Athens central
Ancient site.location: Athens, Greece
Ancient site.region: Attica
Ancient site.built: 507 BC
Ancient site.epochs: Fifth-century Athens
Ancient site.cultures: Ancient Greece
Ancient site.condition: Ruined
Ancient site.ownership: Public property
Ancient site.management: Ministry of Culture
Ancient site.public_access: No

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Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού | Πνύκα

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Historical significance
The area
Early history and phases
Athenian democracy
Excavations
References
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The Pnyx is located less than west of the Acropolis and about 2 km south-west of the Syntagma Square in the centre of Athens. The "mainly natural hollow" was first used from before 500 BC to perhaps 404 BC, when the arrangement was changed by adding a retaining wall below the speakers' platform, with the space between filled with earth.