Η Στοά του Αττάλου στην Αρχαία Αγορά της Αθήνας.
The Stoa of Attalus in the ancient Agora of Athens, Greece.
The Stoa of Attalus (or Attalos) was built around 150 BC, by Attalos II, King of Pergamos as a donation to Athens. The construction of the building began in 159 BC and ended in 138 BC. The building was the largest in length in Greece during the antiquity. It was rebuilt in the same style and shape from 1953 to 1956 by the American School of Archaeology. Typical of Hellenistic art, the stoa is a large-scale building. It has two floors: the ground floor belongs to the Doric style and the first floor to the Ionic style; the two levels are connected by two staircases located at the ends of the building. The walls are made of limestone, the facade from Pentelic marble and the roof is covered with tiles. The stoa during antiquity was an ancient shopping mall but also a place of sociability where citizens use to gather and discuss while sheltering from the sun during the summer and the cold in the winter.
[ FujiFilm FinePix HS10 ]
© 2012 Jordan Kevrekidis
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The Stoa of Attalus in the ancient Agora of Athens, Greece.
The Stoa of Attalus (or Attalos) was built around 150 BC, by Attalos II, King of Pergamos as a donation to Athens. The construction of the building began in 159 BC and ended in 138 BC. The building was the largest in length in Greece during the antiquity. It was rebuilt in the same style and shape from 1953 to 1956 by the American School of Archaeology. Typical of Hellenistic art, the stoa is a large-scale building. It has two floors: the ground floor belongs to the Doric style and the first floor to the Ionic style; the two levels are connected by two staircases located at the ends of the building. The walls are made of limestone, the facade from Pentelic marble and the roof is covered with tiles. The stoa during antiquity was an ancient shopping mall but also a place of sociability where citizens use to gather and discuss while sheltering from the sun during the summer and the cold in the winter.
[ FujiFilm FinePix HS10 ]
© 2012 Jordan Kevrekidis
