View_of_the_Tower_of_the_Winds_and_the_Acropolis_–_J._Stuart_&_N._Revett_-_1751.jpg
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Summary
Description View of the Tower of the Winds and the Acropolis – J. Stuart & N. Revett - 1751.jpg |
English:
The Tower of the Winds, built in 50 BC, is an octagonal Pentelic-marble clocktower that functioned as a horologion or “timepiece” (the world's first meteorological station) in the Roman Agora in Athens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Winds
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Source | Stuart, James & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794 |
Author | James Stuart (1713-1788) και Nicholas Revett (1720-1804) |
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