Tower of the Winds
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tower-of-the-winds-161-11177791
title:
Tower of the Winds
text:
The Tower of the Winds, also known by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of wind gods around its top. Its date is uncertain, but was completed by about 50 BC, at the latest, as it was mentioned by Varro in his De re Rustica of about 37 BC. It is "one of the very small number of buildings from classical antiquity that still stands virtually intact", as it has been continuously occupied for a series of different func
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description:
Ancient clocktower in Athens, Greece
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds
date created:
2003-08-19T18:57:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:48:55Z
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