Detail View: SHIMMER: Stoa of Attalos
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Title:
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Stoa of Attalos
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Creation Date:
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150 bc
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Dimensions:
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115 m long x 20 m wide
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Image Date:
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1960 - 1969
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Period:
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2nd century bc
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Location:
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Athens
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Country:
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GREECE
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Display Creator:
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not known
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Image ID:
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10-0436
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Description:
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Interior detail: A corner of the recently rebuilt Stoa. The colonnaded building was almost completely reconstructed between 1952 and 1956. It now houses the Museum of the Ancient Agora. Originally built for King Attalos II of Pergamon (220 - 138 bc)
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Related Information:
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Duncan Horne, an architect, left a collection of slide transparencies on his death. These were donated to Sheffield Hallam University's Slide Collection by his daughter in 2007. Duncan Horne trained in Liverpool, and then worked in London for Maxwell FRY, Jane DREW, and Partners. He moved to Australia in 1965 where he worked with Bert HELY.
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Photographed by:
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Duncan Horne
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Creator:
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not known
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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Greek.
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Subject Heading:
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Columns
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Greece -- Athens
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 200-100 bc
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Subject Heading:
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Public buildings -- Greece
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Subject Heading:
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Agora (Athens, Greece)
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Subject Heading:
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Capitals (Architecture), Corinthian
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