Propylaea at Athens
wall · 550 BC – 2099 AD
A monumental gateway at the western end of the Athenian Acropolis. As an element of the Periklean remaking of the Athenian Acropolis, work on the Propylaea commenced in 437 BCE and was abandoned, unfinished, in 432 BCE. The architect Mnesikles was responsible for the Propylaea.
- Coordinates
- 37.97174, 23.72510
- Also known as
- Propylaea (Acropolis of Athens) (en), Propylaea (Acropolis of Athens) (en), Propylaia (grc), Προπύλαια (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)