Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos / Tower of the Winds (Athens) (53 Subjects)
The Roman Agora and the Tower of the Winds from the southeast.
Reconstruction of the interior of the Tower of the Winds in Athens. Details of antiquities.
The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos or Tower of the Winds in Athens.
Fethiye mosque and the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), from the southwest.
The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens.
Section of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens. Part of the seventh figure, which is hidden by the wall of the adjacent building. Inside cornice.
Reliefs representing the Winds from the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens.
Reliefs representing the Winds from the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens.
The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens. The Acropolis in the background. The person standing at the entrance of the monument with his back turned is Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge). The image also depicts an woman from affluent family promenading with her daughters and maidservant.
Plan of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds).
Elevation and section of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds).
Fig. 1. The external mouldings of the Tower of the Winds. Fig. 2. A section of the uppermost of the three steps which form the basis or stereobata on which the building stands.Fig.3. A quarter of the roof of the Tower of the Winds. Fig. 4. A section of half the aforesaid roof. Fig. 5. The fragment of a capital marked B in the preceeding figure, and which in Plate III of this chapter is, with some restorations made to support the conical Marble and the Triton.
Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds), Athens:
Fig 1. The capital and entablature of the portico before the door. Fig. 2. A fragment of the Dentells belonging to the cornice of the entablature. Fig. 3. The profile of the cornice belonging to the circular projection under the figure of ΝΟΤΟΣ.
Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens: The capital of one of the antae, with traces of the entablature and the entrance frame. (Drawing based on a small remaining fragment of the capital).
The internal mouldings of the Tower of the Winds: Fig. 1. The lower cornice. Fig. 2. The second cornice, enriched with dentels and modilions. Fig. 3. The soffit of the second cornice. Fig. 4. The circular fascia with the inferior part of one of the columns which it supports, likewise the capital and the entablature of those columns. Fig. 5. Explains the manner in which the cabled part of the flutings on those columns are terminated.
Three of the eight dials on the Tower of the Winds. Under the word ΝΟΤΟΣ is that on the south side; under ΕΥΡΟΣ is that on the south-east side; and under ΑΠΗΛΙΩΤΗΣ, that on the east side of the Tower.
Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos) in Athens: Two more of the eight dials. Under the word ΚΑΙΚΙΑΣ, is that on the north-east side; and under the word ΒΟΡΕΑΣ, that on the north side of the tower.
Reliefs of the eight winds from the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds): 1. ΒΟΡΕΑΣ, Boreas, north wind. 2. ΚΑΙΚΙAΣ, Kaikias, north-east wind 3. ΑΠΗΛΙΩΤΗΣ, Apeliotes, east wind. 4. ΕΥΡΩΣ, Euros, south-east wind 5. ΝΟΤΟΣ, Notos, sοuth wind. 6. ΛΙΨ, Lips, south-west wind. 7. ΖΕΦΥΡΟΣ, Zephyros, west wind. 8. ΣΚΙΡΩΝ, Skiron, north-west wind.
The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos or Tower of the Winds.
Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds). The Madrasa (Ottoman religious school) in the background.
Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds). The Madrasa (Ottoman religious school) in the background.
Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds).
Interior of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds),which in the early 19th century functioned as a Dervish tekke (lodge).
Reconstruction of the Horologion of Andronicos Kyrristos or Tower of the Winds.
Ormament of architectural feature.
Relief of Apollo Agyieus, bearing the inscription: ΑΓΑΘΗΙ ΤΥΧΗΙ. ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ΑΓΥΙΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΤΕΡΙ ΠΑΤΡΩΟΝ ΠΥΘΙΟΥ ΚΛΑΡΙΟΥ ΠΑΝΙΟΝΙΟΥ.
The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens, with the Acropolis in the background.
Seikh Mustafa, chief of the order of Whirling Dervishes, who used the monument as their tekije (dervish lodge), is standing at the entrance of the monument, leaning on a staff, with his back turned.
In the foreground, a woman from an affluent family is promenading with her daughters and maidservant.
Plan of the Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos) in Athens.
The elevation of the Tower of the Winds (Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos) in Athens.
Section of the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrristos (Tower of the Winds) in Athens.