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propylaea
Sign in to saveAlso known as propylaion, propylaeum, propylon, propylaia
thumb|250px|A 19th-century drawing of what the Propylaia (Acropolis of Athens)|Propylaea in Athens might have looked like when intact thumb|250px|Propylaea of Baalbeck In ancient Greek architecture, a propylon ( or ; Ancient Greek ) is a monumental gateway, also referred to as a propylaeum (, a Latinized form of ), and often given in the plural as propyla or propylaea. It serves as a partition, separating the secular and religious parts of a city. The prototypical Greek example is the propylaea that served as the entrance to the Acropolis of Athens, which inspired Greek Revival architecture su
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- gate
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- Acropolis of Athens 31344.JPG
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- Propylaea (architecture)
- architectural style
- classical architecture
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- culture
- Ancient Greece
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- Etymology
- Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis
- Propyla outside the Greco-Roman world
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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thumb|250px|A 19th-century drawing of what the Propylaia (Acropolis of Athens)|Propylaea in Athens might have looked like when intact thumb|250px|Propylaea of Baalbeck In ancient Greek architecture, a propylon ( or ; Ancient Greek ) is a monumental gateway, also referred to as a propylaeum (, a Latinized form of ), and often given in the plural as propyla or propylaea. It serves as a partition, separating the secular and religious parts of a city. The prototypical Greek example is the propylaea that served as the entrance to the Acropolis of Athens, which inspired Greek Revival architecture such as the Brandenburg Gate of Berlin and the Propylaea in Munich, which both evoke the central portion.
==Etymology== The Ancient Greek words () and () are composed of ( ) + ( ), and originally meant , but the word has come to mean simply . The latter was borrowed by Latin as .
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