Tower of the Winds, Athens
Title
Tower of the Winds, Athens
View from NE
Description
The Tower of the Winds, named from the sculptured reliefs of wind-god that make up a frieze marking the cardinal directions on its eight sides, is located in the Roman Agora in Athens. The tower included a combination of sundials, a water clock, and a wind vane in the form of a triton. Vitruvius says that it was built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BC, but archaeological evidence suggests that it may have been constructed in the 2nd century BCE before the rest of the forum.
Creator
Andronikos of Kyrrhos (Greek astronomer and architect, active late 2nd-early 1st centuries BCE)
Source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Torre_dels_Vents_d%27Atenes.JPG#file
Photographer: Joanbanjo
Image: April 11, 2011
Date
100-50 BCE
Rights
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Relation
Berwind Mausoleum, West Laurel Hill Cemetery
Format
marble
12 meters high, 8 meters in diameter
Type
horologion, sundial, clepsydra, water clock
Identifier
CP2014-033
Coverage
Greek (Classical)
Hellenistic
Athens, Greece
Files
Collection
Citation
Andronikos of Kyrrhos (Greek astronomer and architect, active late 2nd-early 1st centuries BCE), “Tower of the Winds, Athens,” Classicizing Philadelphia, accessed April 18, 2024, https://classicizingphiladelphia.omeka.net/items/show/47.