Tower of the Winds, Athens, Greece
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N 37° 58.454 E 023° 43.620
34S E 739529 N 4206465
An octaginal building located adjacent to the Athens market and dedicated to the eight winds.
Waymark Code: WMMBE
Location: Greece
Date Posted: 08/16/2006
Views: 121
Built by the Syrian astronomer Andronikos Kyrrestes,
in the second century BC, as a weather vane and water clock, and stands inside the Roman Agora. The external friezes depict faces of the eight winds.
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