Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Acropolis, Athens' has mentioned 'Marble' in the following places:
Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
---|---|
However, after the victorious Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the plan was revised and marble was used instead. | WIKI |
The limestone phase of the building is referred to as Pre-Parthenon I and the marble phase as Pre-Parthenon II. | WIKI |
During 437 BC, Mnesicles started building the Propylaea, a monumental gate at the western end of the Acropolis with Doric columns of Pentelic marble, built partly upon the old propylaea of Peisistratos. | WIKI |
[22] About the same time, south of the Propylaea, building started on the small Ionic Temple of Athena Nike in Pentelic marble with tetrastyle porches, preserving the essentials of Greek temple design. | WIKI |
Construction of the elegant temple of Erechtheion in Pentelic marble (421xe2x80x93406 BC) was in accordance with a complex plan which took account of the extremely uneven ground and the need to circumvent several shrines in the area. | WIKI |
The project included collection and identification of all stone fragments, even small ones, from the Acropolis and its slopes and the attempt was made to restore as much as possible using reassembled original material (anastylosis), with new marble from Mount Pentelicus used sparingly. | WIKI |
The roof and floor of the Propylaea were partly restored, with sections of the roof made of new marble and decorated with blue and gold inserts, as in the original. | WIKI |
A total of 2,675 tons of architectural members were restored, with 686 stones reassembled from fragments of the originals, 905 patched with new marble, and 186 parts made entirely of new marble. | WIKI |
A total of 530 cubic meters of new Pentelic marble were used. | WIKI |
The marble utilized to construct the buildings of the Acropolis was sourced from the quarries of Mount Pentelicus, a mountain to the northeast of the city. | WIKI |