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Feb. 25 Tower of the winds. This stands on the North side of the Acropolis and was built about 40 B.C Known as the Clock of Andronikos and was the Bis Bell of the ancient Athens. It told the time by means of a water clock and multiple sundials on the outside, which still work today, the figures of the Frze on the Eight winds in Huma form. Originally a weather van on the roof Ga Ve the direction of the Wind
Picture No
13201628
Media ID
46951927
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3622px x 5035px
(1.3MB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Keystone Pictures USA
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Acropolis Andronikos Means Multiple Sundials Told Winds
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