Pichincha
Pichincha , volcano, 15,918 ft (4,852 m) high, N Ecuador, near Quito. It last erupted in 1881. On its lower slopes, in the decisive battle of Pichincha on May 24, 1822, patriot forces under Antonio José de Sucre routed the Spanish royalists and freed the territory that was to become Ecuador.
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Acropolis Restorers Unveil Copy of Column
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/13/2006; 475 words
; ...to have survived from the Ionic capitals. "What one sees here is precisely like the original that the ancient architect Mnesicles, who designed the building, had in his hands before the final coloring was applied," Tanoulas said. The Propylaea was...
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Acropolis restorers unveil marble copy of capital carved in the ancient way
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/12/2006; ; 533 words
; ...member to be ever made," Tanoulas said. "What one sees here is precisely like the original that the ancient architect Mnesicles, who designed the building, had in his hands before the final coloring was applied." The Propylaea was built between 437...
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Mnesicles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mnesicles , Greek architect, 5th cent. BC He designed the propylaea , and the Erechtheum is also sometimes ascribed to him. Both are on the acropolis at Athens.
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Greek architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...the Propylaea , the plural name given to the whole structure of formal gateway to the Acropolis with its wings, designed by Mnesicles and constructed 437–432 BC: the central intercolumniation of the Doric Order was wider than the others to facilitate...
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propylaeum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...The most splendid example are the Propylaea at Athens upon the west end of the Acropolis; their restored remains still stand. Of Pentelic marble, they were built (437-432 BC) at the command of Pericles by the architect Mnesicles .
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Erechtheum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...405 BC to replace an earlier temple to Athena destroyed by the Persians. Its design is sometimes ascribed to the architect Mnesicles. The Erechtheum contained sanctuaries to Athena Polias, Poseidon, and Erechtheus. The temple displays the finest extant...
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