However, Greece has so much more. Situated in south-eastern Europe with thousands of islands throughout the Aegean and Ionian seas, it is referred to as the cradle of Western civilization. There are few people who are unaware of the 5th-century B.C. Acropolis of Athens, an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of which the most famous is the Parthenon.