Tower of the Winds

<nowiki>Torre de los Vientos; Szelek tornya; Menara Angin; Turm der Winde; Вежа Вятроў; Քամիների աշտարակ; 風之塔; Rüzgâr Kulesi; برج باد; Vindarnas torn; Башта вітрів; Horologium; Tuulien torni; Turo de la ventoj; Věž větrů; Torre dei venti; tour des Vents; Вежа Вятроў; Torre dos Ventos; Vēju tornis; Stolp vetrov; Башня Ветров; Tour an avelioù; Wieża Wiatrów; Menara Angin; Vindtårnet; Vindenes tårn; Toren van de winden; מגדל הרוחות; Kula Vetrova; Torre dels Vents; 風の塔; Tower of the Winds; برج الرياح; Αέρηδες; 바람의 탑; Torre ottagonale di epoca romana ad Atene; et klokketårn i Athen med vindfløy; bouwwerk in Athene; Turm in Griechenland; antiikin aikainen torni Ateenassa; a Roman tower in Athens that once housed an early weather vane, large clepsydra, and multiple sundials to function as an early clocktower; torre romana en Atenas; Μετεωρολογικός - ωρομετρικός σταθμός στην Αρχαία Αθήνα; Atina, Roma Agorası'nda bulunan sekizgen mermer kule; Torre dei Venti; Orologio di Andronico; Horloge d'Andronicus; Horologion des Andronikos; Horologion des Andronicus; Ωρολόγιο του Κυρρήστου; Πύργος των Ανέμων; Ωρολόγιο του Ανδρόνικου του Κυρρήστου; Ωρολόγιο Ανδρονίκου Κυρρήστου; Pyrgos ton Anemon; Aerides; Horologion; Horologium; Horologion of Andronicus of Cyrrhus; Horologium of Andronicus of Cyrrhus; Horologion of Andronicus; Horologium of Andronicus; Horologion of Andronikos; Vindenes tårn; Andronikos Kyrrhestes Horologion; Horologion</nowiki>

Tower of the Winds 

a Roman tower in Athens that once housed an early weather vane, large clepsydra, and multiple sundials to function as an early clocktower
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Instance of	water clock weather vane sundial clock tower
Depicts	Anemoi
Made from material	Pentelic marble
Location	Roman Agora of Athens, Athens, Achaea
Architectural style	ancient Roman architecture Hellenistic architecture
Creator	Andronicus of Cyrrhus
Heritage designation	listed archaeological site in Greece
37° 58′ 27.04″ N, 23° 43′ 37.21″ E
Authority file  Q372717 VIAF ID: 235676649 GND ID: 4619675-4 Library of Congress authority ID: sh85136294 National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007541455905171 Structurae structure ID: 20016344 OpenStreetMap relation ID: 11199493 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

English: The Tower of the Winds, also called horologion (timepiece), is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower on the Roman agora in Athens.

Ελληνικά: Οι Αέρηδες ή το Ωρολόγιο του Κυρρήστου είναι ένα κτίριο στη ρωμαϊκή αγορά της Αθήνας

Photographs

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  The Tower.
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  A detail of the Tower's frieze.
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  A similar tower with the same name in Sevastopol
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Art

Main category: Tower of the Winds in art

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  floor plan
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  geographic direction
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  Étienne Rey. Voyage Pittoresque en Grèce et dans le Levant fait en 1843-1844
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  Elévation de la Tour des Vents — James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Edward Dodwell, In the interior of the Tower of the Winds—or hydraulic Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes—in Plaka (Athens, Greece): Rite of the Dance of the Dervishes (1805).
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  Illustration from A classical and topographical tour through Greece, during the years 1801, 1805, and 1806 (published in 1820) / Viaggio nella Grecia fatto negli anni 1804, 1805 e 1806, by Simone Pomardi.

Personifcations of winds / Winds in the region of Athens

Main category: Reliefs of the Tower of the Winds

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  Apeliotes, the east wind; brings a gradual gentle rain, and is a great friend to Vegetation —— James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Boreas, the north wind; is cold, fierce and stormy —— James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Eurus, the south east wind; which at Athens is sultry and gloomy, and brings much rain —— James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Kaikias or Caecias, the north-east wind, is cloudy, wet and cold —— James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Libs, the south-west wind —— James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Notus, the south wind; is sultry and very wet — James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Sciron, the north-west wind; the dryest which blows in Athens — James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794
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  Zephyrus, the west wind; in the summer brings very sultry weather, but in the spring is pleasant, warm, and favorable — James Stuart & Nicholas Revett. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Αrchitects, vol. III (ed. Willey Reveley), London, John Nichols, 1794

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