Pentelikon

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Pentelikon is a mountain in the Attica region of Greece, historically renowned for its high-quality white marble used in classical Athenian architecture such as the Parthenon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
alsoKnownAs Mount Pentelicus
Penteli
category Mount Pentelicus
surface form: Mountains of Attica

Quarries in Greece
climate Mediterranean
country Greece
coveredBy pine forests (partly)
culturalSignificance important source of Pentelic marble in antiquity
symbol of classical Athenian architecture
elevation approximately 1109 metres
approximately 3638 feet
famousFor high-quality white marble
geologicalAge Mesozoic
geologicalComposition marble
hasFeature modern marble quarries
numerous ancient marble quarries
hasReligiousSites monasteries on its slopes
hasVegetation coniferous forest
maquis shrubland
historicalPeriodOfIntensiveQuarrying Classical period of ancient Greece
historicalUse source of marble for classical Athenian architecture
locatedIn Attica region
Sterea Ellada (administrative region)
surface form: Central Greece administrative region
locatedNear Athens
locatedOn northeastern edge of the Athens basin
marbleUsedIn Erechtheion
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
surface form: Odeon of Herodes Atticus (restorations)

the Parthenon
surface form: Parthenon

Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens
Temple of Hephaestus
materialProduced Pentelic marble
modernUse reconstruction and restoration of classical monuments
recreational hiking
nameOrigin derived from ancient deme of Pentele
nearbySettlement Drafi
Nea Penteli
Pallini
nearestTown Penteli
overlooks Athens
Marathon plain
partOf Attica landscape
Penteli mountain range
risk forest fires
topographicProminence dominant peak in northeastern Attica
transportRouteInAntiquity ancient road from quarries to Acropolis of Athens
usedFor building material
visibleFrom Athens

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