Stoa of Attalos

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The Stoa of Attalos is a reconstructed Hellenistic colonnaded building in Athens that now serves as a museum within the ancient marketplace area.

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Label Occurrences
Stoa of Attalos canonical 7
Stoa of Attalos in Athens 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf museum building
reconstructed building
stoa
architecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture
country Greece
destroyedBy Heruli
destroyedIn AD 267
hasArchitecturalType colonnaded building
hasColonnadeOrder Doric order (ground floor exterior)
Ionic order (interior colonnades)
Ionic order (upper floor exterior)
hasExhibitionType archaeological museum
hasFeature central staircase connecting two floors
long façade with colonnade facing the Agora
series of shops at the rear (original design)
hasFloorCount 2
hasFloorPlanType stoa with double colonnade
hasFunction commercial building (original)
museum
hasLength about 115 meters
hasOriginalUse public gathering place
shopping arcade
hasUse Museum of the Ancient Agora
surface form: Ancient Agora Museum
hasWidth about 20 meters
heritageDesignation archaeological site of national significance (Greece)
houses Museum of the Ancient Agora
locatedIn Ancient Agora of Athens
Athens
Attica
Greece
managedBy Hellenic Ministry of Culture
materialUsed Hymettian marble
Pentelic marble
concrete (modern reconstruction)
limestone
namedAfter Attalus II Philadelphus
surface form: Attalos II of Pergamon
nearby Acropolis of Athens
Temple of Hephaestus
numberOfStories 2
originalConstructionEnd 138 BC
originalConstructionStart 159 BC
originallyBuiltFor Attalus II Philadelphus
surface form: Attalos II of Pergamon
ownedBy Greece
surface form: Hellenic Republic
partOf Ancient Agora archaeological site
period Hellenistic period
reconstructedBy American School of Classical Studies at Athens
reconstructionEnd 1956
reconstructionFundedBy Rockefeller family
reconstructionStart 1953

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Ancient Agora of Athens hasPart Stoa of Attalos
Ancient Agora of Athens museumLocatedIn Stoa of Attalos
Temple of Hephaestus nearbyLandmark Stoa of Attalos
Attalus II Philadelphus notableWork Stoa of Attalos
Attalus II Philadelphus commissioned Stoa of Attalos
this entity surface form: Stoa of Attalos in Athens
Library of Pantainos adjacentTo Stoa of Attalos