Stoa of Eumenes
The Stoa of Eumenes was a Hellenistic colonnade built on the South slope of the Acropolis, Athens and which lay between the Theater of Dionysus and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus The gallery was donated to the city of Athens by the king of Pergamon, Eumenes II, around 160 BC.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient stoa in Athens Acropolis
- Also known as: “Stoá Evménous” and “Stoa tou Evmenous”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Erechtheion.
Parthenon
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy. Parthenon is situated 120 metres northeast of Stoa of Eumenes.
Erechtheion
Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erechtheion or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple, on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, that was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena. Erechtheion is situated 180 metres north of Stoa of Eumenes.
Theatre of Dionysus
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The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. Theatre of Dionysus is situated 150 metres east of Stoa of Eumenes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Acropolis and Anafiotika.
Acropolis
Neighborhood
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Also known as Acropolis, it is located in the south side of Acropolis and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.
Anafiotika
Neighborhood
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Anafiotika is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of Athens, part of the old historical neighborhood called Plaka. It lies on the northeast side of the Acropolis hill.
Plaka
Quarter
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Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of Athens, clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the Acropolis, and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.
Stoa of Eumenes
- Categories: stoa, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97053° or 37° 58′ 14″ northLongitude
23.72601° or 23° 43′ 34″ eastElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
8G95XPCG+6COpenStreetMap ID
way 144928419OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Stoa of Eumenes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رواق إفمينويس”
- Catalan: “Estoa d’Èumenes”
- Catalan: “Stoà d’Èumenes”
- Cebuano: “Stoá tou Evménous”
- Chinese: “歐邁尼斯柱廊”
- Dutch: “Stoa van Eumenes”
- Finnish: “Eumeneen stoa”
- French: “Stoa d’Eumène de Cardia”
- French: “Stoa d’Eumène”
- Galician: “Stoá de Eumenes”
- German: “Eumenesstoa”
- German: “Stoa des Eumenes”
- German: “Stoa Eumenes‘ II.”
- Greek: “Stoá tou Evménous”
- Greek: “Στοά Ευμένους”
- Greek: “Στοά του Ευμένους”
- Italian: “Stoà di Eumene”
- Japanese: “エウメネスの柱廊”
- Portuguese: “Estoa de Eumenes”
- Portuguese: “Stoa de Eumene”
- Russian: “Стоя Эвмена”
- Spanish: “Estoa de Eumenes”
- Spanish: “Stoa de Eumenes”
- Swedish: “Stoá tou Evménous”
- Turkish: “Eumenes Stoası”
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