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Coordinates: 37.9740°N 23.7239°E. Church of the Holy Apostles, Athens. The Church of the Holy Apostles, also known as Holy Apostles of Solaki ( Greek: Άγιοι Απόστολοι Σολάκη ), is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Greece, next to the Stoa of Attalos, and can be dated to around the late 10th century. [1]
View of the ancient agora. The temple of Hephaestus is to the left and the Stoa of Attalos to the right.. The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.
The Roman Agora was built around 100 metres east of the original agora by Eucles of Marathon between 27 BC and 17 BC (or possibly in 10 BC), using funds donated by Augustus, in fulfilment of a promise originally made by Julius Caesar in 51 BC. [1] The Roman Agora has not today been fully excavated, but is known to have been an open space ...
The agora ( / ˈæɡərə /; Ancient Greek: ἀγορά, romanized: agorá, meaning "market" in Modern Greek) was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. It is the best representation of a city-state's response to accommodate the social and political order of the polis. [1] The literal meaning of the word "agora" is "gathering ...
Odeon of Agrippa. Coordinates: 37.9751°N 23.7232°E. Remains of entrance to the Odeon in the Agora of Athens. The Odeon of Agrippa was a large odeon located in the centre of the ancient Agora of Athens. It was built about 15 BC, occupying what had previously been open space in the centre of the Agora. It was a gift to the people of Athens by ...
An uncut, rough yellow sapphire found at the Spokane Sapphire Mine near Helena, Montana. Sapphire is one of the two gem-varieties of corundum, the other being ruby (defined as corundum in a shade of red). Although blue is the best-known sapphire color, they occur in other colors, including gray and black, and also can be colorless.
Cardinal gem. sapphire ruby emerald amethyst diamond. Cardinal gems are gemstones which have traditionally been considered precious above all others. The classification of the cardinal gems dates back to antiquity, and was largely determined by ceremonial or religious use and rarity. [1] The term has largely fallen out of use.
Sapphirine. Sapphirine is a rare mineral, a silicate of magnesium and aluminium, with the chemical formula ( Mg, Al)8(Al, Si)6 O 20 (with iron as a major impurity). Named for its sapphire -like colour, sapphirine is primarily of interest to researchers and collectors: well-formed crystals are treasured and occasionally cut into gemstones.