The Tower of the Winds, with the frieze showing the wind gods Boreas (north wind, on the left) and Skiron (northwesterly wind, on the right)

The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion (timepiece), is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower on the Roman agora in Athens. In Architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an Entablature and may be plain or &ndash in the Ionic or Corinthian order &ndash See also [[Canonical hours#Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic usage]] [[Canonical hours]] The Horologion ( Greek: ῾Ωρολόγιον Marble is a nonfoliated Metamorphic rock resulting from the Metamorphism of Limestone, composed mostly of Calcite (a crystalline form of Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The Agora was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Greek city-states Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's It was supposedly built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus around 50 BC, but according to other sources might have been constructed in the 2nd century BC before the rest of the forum. Andronicus of Cyrrhus ( Greek:Ανδρόνικος Κυρρήστου or Andronicus Cyrrhestes,son of Hermias was a Greek Astronomer Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. The Forum was the public space in the middle of a Roman city It had a great social importance and was often the scene of diverse activities including political discussions

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The 12 m tall structure has a diameter of about 8 m and was topped in antiquity by a weathervane-like Triton that indicated the wind direction. Geometry, a diameter of a Circle is any straight Line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose Endpoints are on the Triton (Τρίτων gen Τρίτωνος is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the deep In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed Below the frieze depicting the eight wind deities — Boreas (N), Kaikias (NE), Eurus (E), Apeliotes (SE), Notus (S), Lips (SW), Zephyrus (W), and Skiron (NW) — there are nine sundials. In Architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an Entablature and may be plain or &ndash in the Ionic or Corinthian order &ndash In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed In Greek Mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Άνεμοι &mdash " winds " were Wind gods who were each ascribed A sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. In its interior, there was a water clock (or clepsydra), driven by water coming down from the Acropolis. A water clock or clepsydra ( Greek kleptein to steal; hydro water) is any timekeeper operated by means of a regulated flow of liquid into (inflow The Acropolis of Athens is the best known Acropolis (high city The "Sacred Rock" in the world

In early Christian times, the building was used as the bell tower of a Byzantine Church. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world It was partly buried in the ground until it was fully excavated in the 19th century by the Archaeological Society of Athens. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The Archaeological Society of Athens ( Εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογική Εταιρεία) is a branch of the Hellenic Republic 's Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The design of the 18th-century Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford, England, is based on the Tower of the Winds, as is the mausoleum of the founder of the Greek National Library Panayis Vagliano at West Norwood Cemetery, London. Radcliffe Observatory was founded at Oxford University ( Oxford, England) in 1772. Oxford is currently bidding for the 2010 Wikimania Conference Oxford () is a city, and the County town of Oxfordshire, England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A mausoleum ( plural: mausolea is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons The National Library of Greece (Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη is situated near the center of city of Athens. Panayis Athanase Vagliano Παναγής Βαλλιάνος a West Norwood Cemetery is a 40 acre Cemetery in West Norwood in the London Borough of Lambeth in London, London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. It has also inspired the 15th century Torre del Marzocco in Livorno. "Leghorn" redirects here For the breed of chicken see Leghorn chicken. There is a similar tower in Sevastopol, built in 1849. Sevastopol ( see pronunciation below) is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea Peninsula

The Tower of the Winds	General view of the tower, from Stuart & Revett's The Antiquities of Athens, 1762	Layout of the interior of the tower, from Stuart & Revett's The Antiquities of Athens	18th-century reconstruction of the Tower of the Winds from The Antiquities of Athens
Vagliano tomb at West Norwood Cemetery, London, inspired by the Tower	The Tower of the Winds in Sevastopol	The Tower of the Winds in Sevastopol

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• Tower of the Winds and characters sculpted on it