Albumen print. Good tonal range; Dimensions: 200 x 260mm. (8 x 10.5 inches). The Tower of the Winds, also known as the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower in the Roman Agora in Athens that functioned as a horologion ("timepiece"). It is considered to be the world's first meteorological station, featuring a combination of sundials, a water clock, and a wind vane. The monument got its name from the eight reliefs representing eight wind deities as winged figures. Pictured here, from left to right, are Kaikias (North-West), Boreas (North), and Skiron (North-West). Under Ottoman rule, sufis (or whirling dervishes) used the Tower of the Winds as a place of worship - a use that is believed to have deterred Lord Elgin from removing it to England along with the Parthenon marbles in the early part of the nineteenth century. Seller Inventory # 61610

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Title: [Tower of the Winds].

Publisher: c.

Publication Date: 1875

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