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Hadrian’s Arch: The Division of Greek and Roman
Hadrian’s Arch is a memorial located in Athens (Greece), which is named after the Roman emperor Hadrian, a great admirer of Greek culture, who had it built in the second century AD in time when Athens was Roman, as a symbol of the point would separate the two cities, the classical Greek city and the new Roman city.
Located near the temple of the god Zeus (also called Olympeion), one of Athens most famous monuments in the north shore of Mount Olympus, this imposing building Hadrian’s Gate also called for its symbolic function as an opening between two worlds, was built with marble from the Pentelicus, an exceptionally beautiful material used to construct the most important monuments, which was extracted from the quarries of Mount Penteli some 15 km northeast of Athens. The arch measures sixty feet high by about eight meters wide, while the width of the door itself is around two meters.
As a symbol of unity of both peoples, from an architectural point of view this monument combines with other elements typically Roman classical Greek style. The arch is semicircular, characteristic of Roman architecture, supported by Corinthian pilasters, a classical architectural order of the most elegant and refined, whose creation is attributed to the Greek sculptor Callimachus. Read the rest of this entry »