Stoa d\' Attale
The stoa of Attale is a Portique built on the agora of Athens by Attale II Philadelphe, king of Pergame, towards 150 av. J. - C., in thanks of the education received in the city Attique. It was rebuilt with identical of 1953 to 1956 by the American School of archeology thanks to the financing of JD. Rockefeller and shelters from now on the Musée of the ancient Agora of Athens.
Typical of the hellenistic Art, the stoa is a building of great scale, length of 116 meters 50 and broad of 20 meters 05. It has two stages: the ground floor belongs on the Doric order and the first floor with the Ionic order; the two levels are connected by two staircases located at the ends of the building. The walls are made up in Calcaire Pirée, the frontage in Marbre of the Pentélique and the roof is covered with Tuile S.
The unit accommodates during Antiquity twice twenty and one shops, each one measuring 4 meters 91 on 4 meters 66: the buildings are rented by the Athenian State. It is thus of a shopping mall but also about a place of sociability where the citizens can find and discuss all while sheltering sun during the summer and of the cold during the winter.
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