Stoa

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The restored Stoa of Attalos in Athens. The Stoa of Attalos (also spelled Attalus) is recognised as one of the most impressive Stoa in the Athenian Agora. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's

Stoa (plural, stoae or stoæ) in Ancient Greek architecture; covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. Architecture was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period (about 1200 BC to the 7th century BC when urpeppeeban life and prosperity recovered A portico is a Porch that is leading to the entrance of a building or extended as a Colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway supported by Columns Early stoae were open at the entrance with columns lining the side of the building, creating an enveloping, protective atmosphere and were usually of Doric order. The Doric order was one of the three '''orders''' or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or Classical architecture; the other two Canonical Later examples consisted of mainly two stories, with a roof supporting the inner colonnades where shops or sometimes offices were located and followed Ionic architecture. In Classical architecture, a colonnade denotes a long sequence of Columns joined by their Entablature, often free-standing as in the famous elliptically The Ionic order column forms one of the three '''orders''' or '''organizational systems''' of Classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the These buildings were open to the public; merchants could sell their goods, artists could display their artwork, and religious gatherings could take place. Stoae usually surrounded the marketplaces of large cities. A marketplace is the space actual or metaphorical in which a Market operates

Famous Stoae

For a complete list, see List of Stoae. The following is a list of Stoae located in Greece sorted alphabetically by the stoa's city of location with the name appearing in bold text, followed by a short

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The Stoa Poikile ( Ancient Greek: ή ποικίλη στοά or Painted Porch, originally called the Porch of Peisianax (Ancient Greek ή Πεισιανάκτειος The Stoa of Attalos (also spelled Attalus) is recognised as one of the most impressive Stoa in the Athenian Agora. Basileios Stoa (also Basiliké Stoà or Royal Stoa) was a Stoa constructed in the 5th century BC. The Stoa of Zeus ( Eleutherios) at Athens, was a two-aisled Stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Stoa Amphiaraion (also known as the Enkoimeterion) is located on the east side of the Sanctuary of Amphiaraios, southeast of the Theater. The Stoa of the Athenians, in the Sanctuary of Apollo, is located south of the Apollo Temple threshold with the southern polygonal wall of the platform forming the

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(architecture) In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; a portico.

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