Propylaea

Propylaea

437-432 BCE

1800

Mnesikles

Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)

Greek

Single Built Works

Greece (nation)

Athens (inhabited place)

Classical

propylaea

Doric order

Detail of rear facade of the Propylaea, designed by Mnesikles, it surrounds the natural entrance to the plateau of the Acropolis in Athens. "The Propylaia of the Athenian Acropolis were built on the west side of the hill, where the gate of the Mycenaean fortification once stood ... The monumental Propylaia admired by modern visitors were part of the great Periklean building program. They were erected in 437-432 BC, after the completion of the Parthenon, by architect Mnesikles ... The pi-shaped building of Pentelic marble frames beautifully the entrance to the sacred precinct. The central section, the propylon proper, had an outer (west) and inner (east) facade, both supported by six Doric columns, and between them a wall with five doors. Three Ionic columns flanked the main, middle door on either side. The central section followed the configuration of the terrain so the east portico and its crowning pediment were placed higher than those to the west,"----Odysseys, Greek Ministry of Culture & Sports.

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