The Tower of the Winds, also known by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs...

according to some was the southeast wind, but according to others the east wind. On the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Eurus occupies the southeast side, while...

time whenever they wanted. The use of clock towers dates back to antiquity. The earliest clock tower was the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which featured...

Tower of the Winds is an octagonal marble clocktower in the Roman Agora in Athens. Tower of the Winds may also refer to: Tower of the Winds (Oxford),...

Macedonian astronomer best known for designing the Tower of the Winds in Roman Athens. Little is known about the life of Andronicus, although his father is recorded...

(entrance), the Gate of Athena Archegetis. To its east was a Doric gate, the East Propylon, next to the Tower of the Winds and a set of "vespasianae"...

The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole is a 2012 fantasy novel by American writer Stephen King. As part of the Dark Tower series, it is the eighth...

of the Winds in Athens, of about 50 BC is in effect a physical wind rose, as an octagonal tower with eight large reliefs of the winds near the top. It...

The Tower of the Winds is the prominent octagonal tower on top of the old Radcliffe Observatory building in Oxford, England. The building now forms a centrepiece...

making it the tallest tower in the world. Tokyo Skytree Canton Tower CN Tower Ostankino Tower ↑ Oriental Pearl Tower Milad Tower Kuala Lumpur Tower Tianjin...

have the same design — a horizontal axis wind turbine having an upwind rotor with 3 blades, attached to a nacelle on top of a tall tubular tower. In a...

association with the winds as conceived of by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Ancient wind roses typically had twelve winds and thus twelve points of orientation...

of a building, the octagonal Tower of the Winds in the Roman agora at Athens bears relief sculptures of the eight winds on its frieze. A pulvinated frieze...

Smyrnaeus's works, where they pull Zeus instead. In the Tower of the Winds, a Roman-era octagonal clock tower in Athens, Notus is depicted in middle relief...

with approximately equal sides. The oldest known octagon-shaped building[citation needed] is the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, which was constructed...

the porches of the Tower of the Winds in Athens (about 50 BC). There is a single row of acanthus leaves at the bottom of the capital, with a row of "tall...

show scenes of Zephyrus grabbing and seizing Hyacinthus. On the Tower of the Winds, a clocktower/horologion in the Roman agora of Athens, the frieze depicts...

The Gregorian Tower (Italian: Torre Gregoriana) or Tower of the Winds (Italian: Torre dei Venti) is a square tower and early modern observatory located...

The Eiffel Tower (/ˈaɪfəl/ EYE-fəl; French: Tour Eiffel [tuʁ ɛfɛl] ) is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named...

feature a large number of blades, so they turn slowly with considerable torque in low winds and are self-regulating in high winds. A tower-top gearbox and crankshaft...

Euronotos, Notos, Libonotos, Lips, Zephyros, Argestes, Thrascias). Tower of the Winds, is 2nd century BC structure in Athens. A bronze Triton once served...

The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one novella, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King. Incorporating themes from multiple...

Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens...

Ontario. The CN Tower was closed on December 16, 2021, due to glass falling off from heavy winds. The CN Tower consists of several substructures. The main...

711927389 The Petronas Towers (Malay: Menara Berkembar Petronas), also known as the Petronas Twin Towers and colloquially the KLCC Twin Towers, are an interlinked...

spouts on the modillions, or consoles, of the Corinthian Order. The Tower of the Winds in Athens (c. 50 BC) has stone relief lion masks below the roof, functioning...

as "wind-observing fan" (hou feng shin, 侯風扇). The Tower of the Winds in the agora in Hellenistic Athens once bore on its roof a weather vane in the form...

on the architecturally important Radcliffe Observatory, an 18th-century building, modelled on the ancient Tower of the Winds at Athens. It is the university's...

Joseph V.; De Solla Price, Derek J. (1968). "The Water Clock in the Tower of the Winds" (PDF). American Journal of Archaeology. 72 (4): 345–355 (353). doi:10...

horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWT) with the blades upwind of the tower (i.e. blades facing the incoming wind) produce the overwhelming majority of wind power...