Hadrian's Arch

E344594

Roman monument ancient monument in Athens triumphal arch

Hadrian's Arch is a monumental Roman triumphal gateway in Athens, Greece, traditionally seen as marking the boundary between the ancient Greek city and the Roman-era quarter associated with Emperor Hadrian.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Hadrian's Arch canonical	3
Hadrian’s Arch	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman monument ⓘ ancient monument in Athens ⓘ triumphal arch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arch of Hadrian ⓘ Hadrian's Gate ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Corinthian order ⓘ Roman architecture ⓘ
builtBy	citizens of Athens ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf	Hadrian ⓘ
builtFor	Hadrian ⓘ surface form: Emperor Hadrian
constructionEnd	circa 132 CE ⓘ
constructionStart	circa 131 CE ⓘ
coordinateLocation	37.969°N 23.734°E ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Hadrian ⓘ surface form: Emperor Hadrian
facedBy	Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ
function	ceremonial gateway ⓘ symbolic boundary marker ⓘ
hasInscription	This is Athens, the ancient city of Theseus ⓘ This is the city of Hadrian and not of Theseus ⓘ
hasPart	inscribed architraves ⓘ lower arched passageway ⓘ upper level with columns and pediments ⓘ
hasStructuralSystem	post-and-lintel ⓘ
height	approximately 18 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	archaeological site of Greece ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ
inception	2nd century CE ⓘ
locatedIn	Athens ⓘ Athens historic center ⓘ surface form: Athens city center
locatedInProtectedArea	Archaeological site of Olympia ⓘ surface form: archaeological site of Olympieion
locatedNear	Acropolis of Athens ⓘ Temple of Olympian Zeus ⓘ
locatedOn	Amalias Avenue ⓘ
maintainedBy	Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
materialUsed	Pentelic marble ⓘ marble ⓘ
nearTransport	Acropoli metro station ⓘ surface form: Akropoli metro station
numberOfPassageways	one ⓘ
orientation	roughly northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf	Hellenistic Athens ⓘ surface form: Roman Athens
period	Roman Imperial period ⓘ
symbolizes	boundary between old Greek city and new Roman city ⓘ honor to Emperor Hadrian ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
width	approximately 13 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Olympian Zeus → locatedNear → Hadrian's Arch ⓘ

Plaka neighborhood → near → Hadrian's Arch ⓘ

Olympieion → hasNearbyMonument → Hadrian's Arch ⓘ

archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Hadrian's Arch ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Arch