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Building Catalog Name: Athens, Stoa of Attalos
Images and Plans | Browse ImagesSite: Athens
Type: Stoa
Summary: Two-storied stoa; on the eastern side of the Agora.
Date: ca. 159 B.C. - 138 B.C.
Period: Hellenistic
Plan:
Doric lower outer colonnade, with Ionic lower inner colonnade. An upper outer colonnade of Ionic double half-columns, and an upper inner colonnade with palm capitals. Stairways to the 2nd story at each end of the stoa. Each story had 2 aisles and 21 rooms lining the western wall. The rooms of both stories were lighted and vented through doorways and small windows on the back wall.
History:
Identified by a dedicatory inscription on the architrave as built by Attalos II, ruler of Pergamon from 159 B.C. to 138 B.C. The building assumes particular importance in the study of ancient monuments because the reconstruction of 1952 - 1956 replicates the original form.
Dimensions:
Facade: 10.65 m high x 112.09 m long x19.4 m wide; portico: 13.3 m deep; windows: 0.08 m x 0.73 m; stairways: 28 steps 0.23 m high x 0.33 m wide; lower, outer Doric column diameter: 0.72 m, intercolumniation: 2.42 m; lower, inner Ionic column intercolumniation: 4.86 m.
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Views:
1 Plan
| Archive Number | Caption |
|---|---|
| 1990.33.0092a | Plan |
48 Images
| Archive Number | Caption |
|---|---|
| 1990.33.0092a | Plan |
| 1990.20.0416 | South Stoa and Stoa of Attalos; Heliaia at lower left, from W |
| 1990.30.0145 | Aerial view of Agora, from NW, with Hephaisteion, Acropolis, part of Areopagus |
| 1987.09.2037 | Overall view from Areopagus |
| 1990.20.0415 | South Stoa and Stoa of Attalos in distance, from W |
| 1990.20.0542 | Overall view of Metroon with Lykabettos in the distance, from SW |
| 1990.20.0570 | View across N section of the Agora, from SW |
| 1990.20.0560 | View across the Agora, from Kolonos Agoraios Hill toward SE to the Stoa of Attalos and the Acropolis |
| 1990.20.0559 | View across the Agora, from Kolonos Agoraios Hill toward E and the Stoa of Attalos |
| 1990.20.0546 | Tholos in foreground, Stoa of Attalos and Acropolis in background, from NW |
| 1990.20.0544 | View past the Propylon of the New Bouleuterion toward E and the Stoa of Attalos |
| 1990.20.0546 | Tholos in foreground, Stoa of Attalos and Acropolis in background, from NW |
| 1990.20.0532 | South section of New Bouleuterion with Propylon to right and Stoa of Attalos in distance, from W |
| 1990.20.0426 | East Agora with Stoa of Attalos in background, from SW |
| 1990.20.0379 | West central area of Agora and Stoa of Attalos, from SW |
| 1990.20.0356 | Panathenaic Way; Stoa of Attalos to right; Southeast Temple to Left, from S |
| 1987.09.2038 | View from S-SW |
| 1987.09.0328 | Before reconstruction, from N |
| 1990.20.0544 | View past the Propylon of the New Bouleuterion toward E and the Stoa of Attalos |
| 1987.09.0327 | Before reconstruction, from S |
| 1987.09.0326 | East end and Stoa of Attalos before reconstruction |
| 1987.09.0330 | During reconstruction, from SW |
| 1990.20.0542 | Overall view of Metroon with Lykabettos in the distance, from SW |
| 1987.09.0329 | During reconstruction from S |
| 1987.09.2039 | South end from W |
| 1987.09.2040 | South side from S |
| 1990.20.0369 | Stoa of Attalos (Corinthian capital in foreground), from SW |
| 1990.20.0368 | Stoa of Attalos, from W |
| 1990.20.0532 | South section of New Bouleuterion with Propylon to right and Stoa of Attalos in distance, from W |
| 1990.20.0365 | Front of the Stoa of Attalos, from NW |
| 1990.20.0568 | Upper storey of central part of the stoa, from NW |
| 1990.20.0321 | Arched window in N side of the Stoa of Attalos (reconstructed), from N |
| 1987.09.2041 | Interior colonnade from S |
| 1987.09.0331 | Reconstruction of lower Doric column |
| 1987.09.0332 | Reconstruction of Ionic column |
| 1990.20.0416 | South Stoa and Stoa of Attalos; Heliaia at lower left, from W |
| 1990.20.0415 | South Stoa and Stoa of Attalos in distance, from W |
| 1990.20.0379 | West central area of Agora and Stoa of Attalos, from SW |
| 1990.20.0426 | East Agora with Stoa of Attalos in background, from SW |
| 1990.20.0544 | View past the Propylon of the New Bouleuterion toward E and the Stoa of Attalos |
| 1990.20.0559 | View across the Agora, from Kolonos Agoraios Hill toward E and the Stoa of Attalos |
| 1990.20.0560 | View across the Agora, from Kolonos Agoraios Hill toward SE to the Stoa of Attalos and the Acropolis |
| 1990.20.0542 | Overall view of Metroon with Lykabettos in the distance, from SW |
| 1990.20.0546 | Tholos in foreground, Stoa of Attalos and Acropolis in background, from NW |
| 1990.20.0356 | Panathenaic Way; Stoa of Attalos to right; Southeast Temple to Left, from S |
| 1990.20.0368 | Stoa of Attalos, from W |
| 1990.20.0369 | Stoa of Attalos (Corinthian capital in foreground), from SW |
| 1990.20.0570 | View across N section of the Agora, from SW |