Pentelic marble

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marble metamorphic rock

Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marble →
metamorphic rock →
associatedWithCulture Ancient Greek architecture →
Classical sculpture →
associatedWithSite Acropolis of Athens →
category Greek marble →
building material →
sculptural material →
color white →
colorHint subtle golden tint →
countryOfOrigin Greece →
geologicalAge Mesozoic →
geologicalFormationType metamorphosed limestone →
grain fine-grained →
hasReputation high quality building stone →
symbol of classical Greek art →
historicalExport Roman Empire →
historicallyPrizedFor beauty →
durability →
workability →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Attica →
materialComposition calcite →
minedSince antiquity →
notableWorkUsedIn Acropolis of Athens monuments →
Erechtheion →
Parthenon →
Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens →
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens →
placeOfOrigin Mount Pentelicus →
quarriedFrom Penteli quarries →
quarryLocation Mount Pentelicus, Greece →
regionOfUse Europe →
Mediterranean →
surfaceFinishPotential high polish →
texture homogeneous →
usedFor architecture →
monuments →
public buildings →
sculpture →
statues →
temples →
usedInPeriod Classical Greece →
Hellenistic period →
Roman period →
visualCharacteristic translucent quality →
uniform texture →
warm tone →
weatheringCharacteristic good resistance to weathering →
Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Arch of Titus →
Hadrian's Arch (Athens) →
Old Royal Palace of Greece →
Parthenon →
Periclean building program →
Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens →
materialUsed
Erechtheion →
Panathenaic Stadium →
material
Penteli quarries ("Pentelic marble deposit") →
geologicalFormation
Temple of Olympian Zeus →
hasBuildingMaterial
Penteli quarries →
materialExtracted
Acropolis of Athens →
primaryBuildingMaterial
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