Acropolis - Beule Gate

The Acropolis is entered by the Beulé Gate (named after the 19th century French archeologist who discovered it), below the west side of the Propylaia, which was the real entrance; admission tickets are sold here.

The gate was built in 280 B.C. of material from the monument of Nikias and other structures.

With its two flanking towers, it lay on the axis of symmetry of the Propylaia, with which it was linked by a broad marble staircase built in the reign of the Emperor Septimius Severus; part of the lower section of the staircase still survives.