Hadrian's Library

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ancient Roman library archaeological site cultural complex

Hadrian's Library is an ancient Roman complex in central Athens, built by Emperor Hadrian as a grand library and cultural center, whose ruins now stand just off Monastiraki Square.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hadrian's Library canonical 5
Hadrian’s Library 2
Hadrian's Library ruins 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman library ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
cultural complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle Classical architecture ⓘ
Roman architecture ⓘ
builder Hadrian ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Hadrian
constructionEnd AD 132 ⓘ
constructionStart AD 131 ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
hasPart Byzantine church remains ⓘ
Ottoman-period structures ⓘ
central pool ⓘ
eastern façade ⓘ
exedrae ⓘ
lecture halls ⓘ
northern wall ⓘ
outer colonnade ⓘ
peristyle courtyard ⓘ
propylon ⓘ
reading rooms ⓘ
southern wall ⓘ
storerooms ⓘ
tetraconch church remains ⓘ
western wall ⓘ
heritageStatus protected archaeological site ⓘ
historicalEra 2nd century AD ⓘ
length about 122 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Athens ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
central Athens ⓘ
locatedNear Monastiraki Square ⓘ
managedBy Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
material Pentelic marble ⓘ
brick ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
namedAfter Hadrian ⓘ
nearby Acropolis of Athens ⓘ
Monastiraki metro station ⓘ
Roman Agora ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
originalFunction archive ⓘ
cultural center ⓘ
lecture hall complex ⓘ
library ⓘ
philosophical school venue ⓘ
partOf Roman Agora ⓘ
surface form: Roman Agora area of Athens
patron Hadrian ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Hadrian
period Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
shape rectangular complex ⓘ
significance important archaeological tourist attraction in Athens ⓘ
major Roman monument in Athens ⓘ
width about 82 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Monastiraki Square → near → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
Monastiraki Square → hasLandmark → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hadrian's Library ruins
Monastiraki → hasLandmark → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Library
Monastiraki station → locatedNear → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
gate of Athena Archegetis → adjacentTo → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
subject surface form: Gate of Athena Archegetis
archaeological landscape of central Athens → hasPart → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hadrian’s Library
Pantánassa Church → near → Hadrian's Library ⓘ
Athens historic center → hasPart → Hadrian's Library ⓘ