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 Greece, Athens: Tower of the Winds, in the Roman Agora, decorated with figures representing the winds from 8 compass points. Built in the 1st century BC to contain an ingenious water clock designed by Andronikus Kyrrhestes. 
 Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city

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Upload Date: 2016-04-23 17:34:17
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Greece, Athens: Tower of the Winds, in the Roman Agora,

decorated with figures representing the winds from 8 compass points. Built in the 1st century BC to contain an ingenious water clock designed by Andronikus Kyrrhestes.
Keywords: historic, antiquity, culture, art, Greek, masonry, ruin, archeology, excavations, architecture, classical, heritage, monument, capital city