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    Mount Pentelicus or Pentelikon (Greek: Πεντέλη, Πεντελικόν or Πεντελικό Όρος) is a mountain in Attica, Greece, situated northeast of Athens and southwest...
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    the outer steps were able to be retained. Quarries in Piraeus and on Mount Pentelicus were opened so as to provide material similar to the original. The...
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    reassembled original material (anastylosis), with new marble from Mount Pentelicus used sparingly. All restoration was made using titanium dowels and...
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    of four large mountains: Mount Aigaleo to the west, Mount Parnitha to the north, Mount Pentelicus to the northeast and Mount Hymettus to the east. The...
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  • Scotland Πεντέλη Mount Pentelicus/Penteli, Athens Πήλιον, -ιο Mount Pelion Πίνδος Pindus/Pindos Mountains Σκόλλις Mount Skollis, some prefer Mount Scollis Ταΰγετος...
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    the Lord Byron street (Greek: οδού Λόρδου Βύρωνος) on the slope of mount Pentelicus. It was intended as a summer residence for Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun...
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  • women's monastery located on Mount Amomon in Attica, Greece. It is situated in the Xilokeriza area, east of Mount Pentelicus. An older, male monastery existed...
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    fertile valley surrounded by rivers. To the east lies Mount Hymettus, to the north Mount Pentelicus. Ancient Athens, in the first millennium BC, occupied...
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    Greece. Belonging to the Athens rural area, it takes its name from Mount Pentelicus. The municipality Penteli was formed at the 2011 local government reform...
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    new Gallery to house the collection. The Pentelic marble mined from Mount Pentelicus north of Athens, from which the sculptures are made, naturally acquires...
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    Αιγαίου) Greece Pentelic marble pure-white, fine-grained semitranslucent Mount Pentelicus (Πεντελικό όρος), Attica (Ἀττική) Greece Prokonnesos marble white Marmara...
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    in the region of Verona in the early 2nd century from marble from Mount Pentelicus, owned by Francesco Scipione in the 18th century. On display at Musée...
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    mountains: Mount Aigaleo to the west, Mount Parnitha to the north, Mount Pentelicus to the northeast and Mount Hymettus to the east. Beyond Mount Aegaleo...
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    might otherwise have been placed there. The marble was quarried from Mount Pentelicus and transported 19 km to the acropolis of Athens. A persistent question...
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  • Waves (1931) The Years (1937) Between the Acts (1941) A Dialogue upon Mount Pentelicus A Haunted House A Simple Melody A Society A Summing Up A Woman's College...
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    19th-century popular culture and was accepted as a historical legend. Mount Pentelicus stands between Marathon and Athens, which means that Philippides would...
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    reassembled original material (anastylosis), with new marble from Mount Pentelicus used sparingly. Shuri Castle, the 5th reconstruction of the former...
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  • of the Athenian plain, at the marble quarries of Mount Brilessus, which was called Mount Pentelicus from this place. The fact of Pentele being a deme...
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  • Mothax Motya Charioteer Mount Helicon Mount Ida Mount Kyllini Mount Lykaion Mount Oeta Mount Olympus Mount Parthenion Mount Pentelicus Mourning Athena Movable...
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    building material in the temple's sculptures was Pentelic marble from Mount Pentelicus near Athens: this material was frequently used in Athenian building...
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  • near Kotroni Airport to the southeast. The highest point nearby is Mount Pentelicus, 1,109 meters above sea level, 8.7 km southwest of Kotroni Airport...
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  • road from Sphettus to Athens passed through the opening between Mount Pentelicus and Mount Hymettus. A monastery there by the name of Ieraka (or Hieraka)...
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    Plakidis decided that the Koufos hill in Penteli, on the side of Mount Pentelicus at an altitude of 500 metres (1,600 ft), was a more suitable location...
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  • road from Sphettus to Athens passed through the opening between Mount Pentelicus and Mount Hymettus. A monastery there by the name of Ieraka (or Hieraka)...
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  • worked at the site at the time before it closed. The north side of Mount Pentelicus remained unused for marbleworks until 1898, when "Marmor Ltd" bought...
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  • located on the slope northeast of the city center overlooking Athens and Mount Pentelicus. The district is a quiet residential area and several countries have...
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  • narthex. Around 1958, she and the art historian Rhys Carpenter climbed Mount Pentelicus, guided by Homer Thompson, the director of the Agora excavations, to...
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  • situated in the small plain of Marathon open to the sea between Mount Parnes and Mount Pentelicus, originally formed with the other three demoi (Marathon, Probalinthus...
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  • road from Sphettus to Athens passed through the opening between Mount Pentelicus and Mount Hymettus. A monastery there by the name of Ieraka (or Hieraka)...
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    2.22 m tall, and 1.31 m deep. It is carved from marble taken from Mount Pentelicus near Athens, Greece. Romulus and Remus under an arm of the Tiber. The...
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