Anatolian Civilizations and Historical Sites - TEDA

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Priene. Bouleuterion or Council Chamber, about 150 BC.
Roman emperor Augustus, that emperor was also worshipped here in this
temple along with Athena. A propylon was added to the eastern side of the
temple and in the second half of the 2 nd century BC, a stoa was built in the
course of the work going on at the temple. This stoa consists of a row of
Doric-order columns and a nave and measures 78.4 m. in length. The back
of it adjoins the temple while the front looks out over the plain of the
Menderes River. Below it is a seven meter high terrace wall and a 32column
stoa that served as a promenade for the inhabitants of Priene. East
of the stoa below the Temple of Athena is the Sacred Stoa. According to
an inscription, it was built in 130 BC by King Ararathes VI of Cappadocia.
The Sacred Stoa was approached by a flight of six steps. Measuring 6.47
m. in width, this was another promenade. The double-nave structure had
four Doric columns on the front and was covered over by a roof. At the end
of the Sacred Stoa was the Prytaneion, the building in which the
representatives of the municipal (state) council met. It was built in the 2 nd
century BC. It is also where the eternal sacred flame was kept. Beside it is
the bouleuterion, which could accommodate 640. In the center was an
altar and the seats were arranged around the walls. Measuring 20 by 21 m.,
the building was originally covered with a wooden roof. Three sides of the
structure were enclosed while the front was open. Before the Sacred Stoa
is an agora whose eastern extremity is terminated by the temenos of the
Temple of Zeus. Measuring 75.63 by 35.40 m., the agora was enclosed on
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