Stoa Of Attalos
The Stoa of Attalos was a stoa in the Agora of Athens, Greece. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon, who ruled between 159 and 138 BC.Photo: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: ancient stoa in Athens
- Also known as: “Stoa of Attalos” and “Stoa of Attalus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Museum of the Ancient Agora.
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 civilisation, and democracy. Parthenon is situated 460 metres southeast of Stoa Of Attalos.
Museum of the Ancient Agora
Museum
The Ancient Agora of Athens is an ancient Greek agora. It is located to the northwest of the Acropolis, and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.
Areopagus
Peak
Photo: ajbear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Areopagus was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monastiraki and Psyri.
Monastiraki
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the main shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping.
Psyri
Neighborhood
Photo: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music tavernas, and small number of hotels.
Asteroskopeio
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
Asteroskopeio, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. It is located between Thiseio and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the National Observatory of Athens that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek Georgios Sinas.
Stoa Of Attalos
- Categories: stoa and historic site
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.97517° or 37° 58′ 31″ northLongitude
23.72422° or 23° 43′ 27″ eastHeight
13 metres (41 feet)Open location code
8G95XPGF+3MOpenStreetMap ID
way 975219800OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=stoaWikidata ID
Q1263335
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Stoa Of Attalos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رواق أتالوس”
- Armenian: “Ատտալոսի ստոա”
- Catalan: “Estoa d’Àtal”
- Catalan: “stoà d’Àtal”
- Chinese: “阿塔罗斯柱廊”
- Dutch: “Stoa van Attalus”
- Finnish: “Attaloksen stoa”
- French: “Stoa d’Attale”
- Georgian: “ათალოსის სტოა”
- German: “Attalos-Stoa”
- German: “Stoa des Attalos”
- Greek: “Στοά Αττάλου”
- Greek: “Στοά του Αττάλου”
- Hebrew: “הסטואה של אטאלוס”
- Italian: “Stoà di Attalo”
- Japanese: “アッタロスのストア”
- Japanese: “アッタロスの柱廊”
- Korean: “아탈로스의 스토아”
- Latin: “Porticus Attali”
- Polish: “Stoa Attalosa”
- Portuguese: “Estoa de Átalo”
- Portuguese: “Stoa de Átalo”
- Romanian: “Stoa din Attalos”
- Russian: “Стоа Атталос”
- Russian: “Стоя Аттала”
- Serbian: “Аталова стоа”
- Spanish: “Ágora y Stoa Attalos”
- Spanish: “Estoa de Atalo”
- Spanish: “Estoa de Átalo”
- Turkish: “Attalos Stoası”
- Ukrainian: “Стоя Аттала”
- Urdu: “آتالوس کا ستوا”
- Western Armenian: “Սթոա թու Աթալու”
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Highlights include Plaza and Βρυσάκι.
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