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Propylaea

The gateway to the Akropolis (Acropolis) at Athens.

Construction of the Propylaea was begun during the reign of Perikles (Pericles) and was abandoned circa 431 BCE unfinished because of a dispute with the priests of Athene (Athena) Nike and Brauronian Artemis.

The Propylaea was designed by Mnesikles (Mnesicles) and was a combination of Doric and Ionic styles; the structure was damaged and repaired over the centuries and was severely damaged in 1656 when lightning ignited a cache of explosives which the Turkish army had stored in the Propylaea.

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