The Stoa of Attalos or Attalus was built by King Attalos II of Pergamon (between 159 BC and 138 BC, Hellenistic age) as a gift to the city of Athens in gratitude for the education that he received there.
The stoa is situated in the Athenian Agora. The Stoa of Attalos was
almost destroyed by the Heruli in 267. Soon after, the ruins became part
of a fortification wall. Fortunately, in the 1950s, the stoa was fully
reconstructed.
The Stoa of Attalos was made of limestone and Pentelic marble while the architects used both the Doric and the Ionic order (the
walls were made of limestone, the facade of Pentelic marble while the
roof was covered with tiles).
The stoa's original dimensions were 377 by
65 feet wide.
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