This stoa or "roofed arcade" is located on the eastern quarter of the Agora. It was reconstructed in the mid 20th century as a museum to house the finds from the Ancient Agora site. The stoa was founded by King Attalos of Pergamon who ruled around 159-138 BC. It was burnt down though by the Heruli tribe in AD 267. It was reconstructed though using the original foundations and ancient materials. I absolutely love columns and was really impressed with the architecture.
This is a whole lot of marble!
These last 3 pictures are some of the ruins from the agora.
Pretty view looking out of one of the arches.
I was already tired!!!
2 comments:
I love all the photos! It must have been wonderful! Hope I one day get to see it first hand too. Those columns do look incredible!
when i see these photos, all i remember is the bathroom in that place. dont know why...
love columns too!!
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