- or, in its
Latinized form, propylaeum—often used in the
plural forms propylaia or
propylaea (/prɒpɪˈliːə/; Gr****: προπύλαια)—is a
monumental gateway...
- The
Propylaia (Gr****: Προπύλαια; lit. 'Gates') is the
classical Gr****
Doric building complex that
functioned as the
monumental ceremonial gateway to the...
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western side of the Acropolis, near the
monumental gateway known as the
Propylaia.
Throughout its history, the
tower was used as a watchtower, a beacon...
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relations with the Gr****
cities of the region.
Mnesikles starts to
build Propylaia, Acropolis, Athens. The work is
canceled in 432 BC, due to the Peloponnesian...
- as
sculptures from the Erechtheion, the
Temple of
Athena Nike and the
Propylaia,
sending them to
Britain in
efforts to
establish a
private museum. Elgin...
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restore the Erechtheion, the Parthenon, the
Temple of
Athena Nike and the
Propylaia. As
ephor of the
Central Public Museum for
Antiquities from 1836, and...
- is a
fortified gate,
constructed in the
Roman period,
leading to the
Propylaia of the
Acropolis of Athens. It was
constructed almost entirely from repurposed...
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Apotropaia (that
turns away/protects);
Enodia (on the way); Pro****ia/
Propylaia (before the gate); Triodia/Trioditis (who
frequents crossroads); Klêidouchos...
- of
ideological choice. Leo von
Klenze supervised the
construction of a
Propylaia between 1854 and 1862.
During the
early to mid-19th century, the old fortified...
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important buildings visible on the
Acropolis today – the Parthenon, the
Propylaia, the
Erechtheion and the
temple of
Athena Nike – were
erected during this...
