AGORA , ATHENS

AGORA , ATHENS

AGORA – IN GREEK MEANS MARKET.

MOST IMPORTANT PLACE OF ANCIENT GREEK CITY AND THE HEART OF ANCIENT ATHENS.

BUILT IN 6TH CENTURY B.C AND LIES NORTH-WEST OF ACROPLOIS

IT IS INFACT AN OPEN PUBLIC SQUARE OR MARKET PLACE WITH A BORDER OF PUBLIC PLACE.

FOCUS OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES POLITICAL,CULTURAL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.

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THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS AND TEMPLES WERE BUILT IN THIS AREA.HERE PUBLIC SERVICES AND COURTS OF LAW WERE ALSO BASED.

ATHENIANS JUST DID EVERYTHING HERE FROM BUYING AND SELLING GOODS,LEARN NEWS,CRITICIZE THE GOVT. AND EXCHANGE VIEWS.

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NORTH WEST SIDE OF AGORA.

1. STOA OF ZEUS ELUTHERIORS2. TEMPLE OF APLOLLO PATROOS

3.TEMPLE OF

HEPHAESTUS 4.METROON 5.

BOULETERION 6.THALOS.

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SOUTHERN SIDE OF AGORA

1. THALOS2. MIDDLE STOA3. SOUTH EAST FOUNTAIN 4. HALIAEA OR COURT5. SOUTH STOA6. SOUTHEAST FOUNTAIN HOUSE7. MINT.

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TEMPLE OF HEPHAISTOS

ALSO KNOWN AS THESION AND IS DORIC IN NATURE.

CROWNS THE HILL KOLONOS DEDICATED TO 2 GODS: HEPHAISTOS & ATHENA. CONSTRUCTION STARTED IN 449 BC.

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AGORA , ATHENS

TEMPLE OF APOLLO PATROOS

BUILT IN 340 B.C IN THE NAME OF FOUNDER / FATHER OF IONIAN

NATION,TO THE GOD OF APPOLO. PATROOS HERE MEANS FATHER.

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TEMPLE OF CYBELE ( METROON)

BUILT IN 2ND CENTURY B.C. METROON (2) IN FRONT ON BOULEUTERION(3) AND

NEXT TO THALOS (4) IT MEAN’S MOTHER’S BUILDING . SERVED AS PUBLIC ARCHIVE BUILDING.

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STOA OF ZEUS ELUTHERIOS

ERRECTED IN 5TH CENTURY A.D IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM AND SECURITY OF CITY.

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ALTAR OF 12 GODS

CONSTRUCTED IN 521 B.C FENCED AREA WITH AN ALTAR AT CENTRE. POPULAR PLACE OF ASYLUM,HEART OF CITY. CENTRAL MILESTONE FROM WHICH DISTANCES

WERE MEASURED.

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THALOS

BUILT IN 460 B.C CIRCULAR BUILDING CHAIRMEN AND COUNCIL OF 500 DINED AND SPENT

NIGHT HERE,SO AS TO AVAILABLE AT NIGHTS.

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RELATION OF THE PLAZA TO RELATION OF THE PLAZA TO URBAN DESIGNURBAN DESIGN SHAPESHAPE

THE SQUARE HAS RATHER IRREGULARTHE SQUARE HAS RATHER IRREGULAR SHAPE.,WHILE THE BULIDING WHICHSHAPE.,WHILE THE BULIDING WHICH FORM THE MAJOR PART OF THE FORM THE MAJOR PART OF THE COMPLEX ARE IN VARIOUS SHAPESCOMPLEX ARE IN VARIOUS SHAPES LIKE CIRCULAR, SQURE,LIKE CIRCULAR, SQURE, RECTANGULAR.ETC.RECTANGULAR.ETC.

PATTERNPATTERN

REGULARITY IN PATTERN AND GEOMERTY IS TRIED TO REGULARITY IN PATTERN AND GEOMERTY IS TRIED TO BE ACHIEVEDBE ACHIEVED THROUGH GREEK COLUMNS IN MOST OF THE THROUGH GREEK COLUMNS IN MOST OF THE BUILDINGS.BUILDINGS.

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URBAN ACTIVITYURBAN ACTIVITY

ACTIVITIES LIKE RELIGIOUSACTIVITIES LIKE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ,POLITICAL MEETINGS CEREMONIES ,POLITICAL MEETINGS COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES AND COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES AND SPORTS EVENTS USE TO RULESPORTS EVENTS USE TO RULE THE FUNCTION OF THIS PLACETHE FUNCTION OF THIS PLACE

URBAN SCLAEURBAN SCLAE

THE WHOLE COMPLEX ONTHE WHOLE COMPLEX ON MONUMENTAL SCALE SUBDIVIDEDMONUMENTAL SCALE SUBDIVIDED INTO FURTHER INTIMATE SPACES.INTO FURTHER INTIMATE SPACES. CERTAIN GRAND FEELING IS CERTAIN GRAND FEELING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

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URBAN SPACEURBAN SPACE

TRUE EXAMPLES OF URBAN SPACETRUE EXAMPLES OF URBAN SPACE WITH BUILDINGS AROUND.WITH BUILDINGS AROUND. ALL BUILDINGS HAVE DISTINCTIVEALL BUILDINGS HAVE DISTINCTIVE PURPOSE TO SERVE.PURPOSE TO SERVE.

URBAN MASSURBAN MASS

IN THIS THERE IS SKILLFUL DESIGN OFIN THIS THERE IS SKILLFUL DESIGN OF BUILDINGS MASSES TO CREATE URBANBUILDINGS MASSES TO CREATE URBAN SPACES OF DIFFERENT SHAPES BUT SPACES OF DIFFERENT SHAPES BUT STILL KEEP UP THE PROPORTIONS.STILL KEEP UP THE PROPORTIONS. RATHER ANY ELEMENT IN THE COMPLEX PLAYING AN RATHER ANY ELEMENT IN THE COMPLEX PLAYING AN IMP. ROLE IN IMP. ROLE IN THE URBAN MASS, THE SQUARE AS A WHOLE PLAYS A THE URBAN MASS, THE SQUARE AS A WHOLE PLAYS A GREAT GREAT ROLE IN THE VISUAL CITYSCAPE.ROLE IN THE VISUAL CITYSCAPE.