The stoa of Attalus in Athens Greece is a portico built on the agora of Athens by Attalus II Philadelphus, King of Pergamon, circa 150 BC. in appreciation of the education received in the city penthouse. It was rebuilt in the same from 1953 to 1956 by the American School of Archaeology with funding from JD. Rockefeller and now houses the Museum of Ancient Agora in Athens.
Typical of Hellenistic art, the stoa of Attalus is a building large-scale, long by 116 wide and 50 metres by 20 metres 05. It has two floors: the ground floor belongs to the Doric order and the first floor to the Ionic order, and the two levels are connected by two staircases located at the ends of the building. The walls are made of Piraeus limestone, marble facade of Penteli and the roof is covered with tiles.
The hosts during antiquity twice twenty-one shops, each measuring 4 meters 91 on 4 metres 66: the premises are leased by the State Athens. It is therefore a shopping mall but also a place of sociability where citizens can gather and discuss while sheltering from the sun during the summer and cold in winter.
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