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ErechtheionAcropolis

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Image ID :	AteneEretteoDaSW
View/Description :	View from the southwest
Image Date :	April 2006
Image Creator :	MM
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Rights Owner :	Public domain
Image Source :	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:AteneEretteoDaSW.jpg
URL to larger image :	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/AteneEretteoDaSW.jpg

Image ID :	Erechtheum_porch
View/Description :	Porch of the Maidens North porch Porch of the Caryatids
Image Date :	March 2006
Image Creator :	Thermos
Notes :	The North Porch of the Erechtheion is ornamented by caryatid columns, one of which was removed from the porch and taken to England by Lord Elgin in the 19th century (another was destroyed during Elgin's attempt to remove it).
Rights Owner :	Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License
Image Source :	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Erechtheum_porch.jpg
URL to larger image :	http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Erechtheum_porch.jpg

Work ID :	ErechtheionAcropolis
Title :	Erechtheion Erechtheum
Creator/Agent :	Mnesikles [ULAN] Mnesicles
Date (of work) :	420-393 BC
Location/Site :	Greece [TGN] Athens [TGN] Acropolis
GIS Coordinates :	+37.972222+23.726389
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Description :	Ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Athens Acropolis dedicated to Athena Polias and Poseidon Erechtheus
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Work Type :	Architecture Temples [AAT]
Measurements :	6.58 m [EAST PORCH COLUMN HEIGHT] 21 ft 7 in [EAST PORCH COLUMN HEIGHT]
Material :	Marble Limestone
Technique :	masonry
Style/Period/ Group/Movement :	Greek (ancient) [AAT] Greek Classical [AAT] Ionic [AAT]
Cultural Context :	Greek (ancient) [AAT] Ancient Greek
Subject :	Religious buildings [AAT] Temples [AAT]
Relation :	One of several sacred buildings on the Acropolis in ancient Athens
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Text Reference :	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erechtheum Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture (Nineteenth Edition, 1987), p. 116
Keywords :	Ionic, temple, column, columns, sloping site, terraced
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