Acropolis In Athens Reopens After Virus Shutdown
May 18, 2020
5:40 pm
Greece reopened the Acropolis in Athens and all open-air archaeological sites under tight sanitary conditions to the public on Monday after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A clutch of visitors — among them foreigners living in Athens — and masked reporters gathered at the world-famous site, the most-visited monument in Greece, which had been closed since March 13, ten days before a general lockdown was imposed.
“We have never seen so few people at the Acropolis,” a Russian visitor accompanied by her husband told AFP.
“It’s like having a private visit,” said the woman, who has lived …
