Sacred Gate/Hiera Pyle

wall · 550 BC – 2100 AD

A gate in the Themistoklean city wall of Athens. The Sacred Way, leading out to Eleusis, and the River Eridanos passed through this gate.

Coordinates

37.97806, 23.71856

Also known as

Gate III (en), Gate III (en), Hierà púlē, hiera pyle (grc), Sacred Gate (en), Sacred Gate (en), Ἱερὰ πύλη (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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