Stoa of Attalos, a photo from Attiki, Attica

Photographer's Note

One last photo of the Ancient Agora of Athens, this time with a close-up of the Stoa of Attalos, which appears also in my penultimate post.

If I understand right what I read about stoae (or, less precisely, stoas), they were a kind of ancestors of shopping malls, perhaps mixed with office building and I suppose we can say that they were the noblest part of the main marketplaces. This one was built by a king Attalos II of Pergamon, a Greek state in Anatolia, located near the present day Turkish city of Bergama. Attalos ruled between 159 BC and 138 BC and he built the stoa as a gift for the education he had received in Athens.

The building was in use until 267 AC, when it was destroyed in one of the first barbarian raids. The ruins became part of a fortification wall. Finally, it was fully restored in the 1950's with funds donated by the Rockefeller family and now serves as the Ancient Agora Museum.

Location (latitude, longitude): 37.97457,23.7241

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serp2000 (47063) 2009-11-02 21:02

Wow! My compliments, Jose! I like your composition, good perspective, excellent sharpness and nice frame.
have a good day!
Serghei

PixelTerror (0) 2009-11-02 22:19

Hi Jose
This is a good demonstration of how an appropriate framing can enhance a perspective, well seen and realized
have a nice day jY

tober (8797) 2009-11-03 0:55

Hi Jose, since I am less active in TE nowadays, I've missed many of your photos. Your recent photos of Greece are very elegant which reflect the basic characteristics of this geography. That one is quite aesthetic with your wonderful framing of those columns in the compo. The contrast between the blue sky and the cream-coloured ancient building looks very nice. Best regards. Tolga

Rafer (0) 2009-11-03 4:54

Perspectiva total...muy atractiva compo y contr醩tes...saludos

sacavem (18620) 2009-11-03 8:42

Ol� Jose,

Gosto muito desta tua "nova"(?) lente. Faz grandes planos com muito boas aberturas. Vai ser certamente a minha aquisi玢o, nada de zooms.
Estupendo o aproveitamento do pov com a altura e repeti玢o das colunas.grande profundidade tb.
Um abra鏾,
Filipe

xuaxo (6854) 2009-11-03 9:11

Ol� Stego!
Est� visualmente muito atrativa, mas para mostrar a Stoa o POV � muito encostado 鄐 colunas. A repeti玢o destas t鉶 juntas transforma-se numa parede a partir do meio.
Cumprimentos,
Francisco

celmaleite (5010) 2009-11-03 9:14

Ol�, Jos� Pires!
Arquitetura bel韘sima com ricos detalhes e um show de nitidez. Um trabalho realmente impec醰el. Parab閚s, abra鏾!

adramad (73524) 2009-11-03 9:34

Hola Jose.
Que gusto disfrutar de una foto tan bella, tremenda la perspectiva, el color es fantastico como lo es la gran calidad de la imagen y el trabajo. El marco sencillo y elegante le va de maravilla.
Un abrazo.
Luis.

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2009-11-03 10:45

Ol� Jos�,
muito bonita mesmo essa foto, e impressionante a profundidade que conseguiu, parece bem altas essas colunas mesmo. Belo trabalho.
Parab閚s e Abra鏾

paura (25802) 2009-11-03 15:40

Ilustre amigo,
Estou aqui pensando que o f/stop em 10 foi substancial para essa beleza de resultado. Interessante como isso dura.

Abra鏾

Paulo

Didi (61591) 2009-11-03 15:45

Salut Jos�
Double perspective lat閞ale et par l'avant-plan avec un int閞essant parallelisme des colonnes, le tout arros� par une belle luminosit� estivale.
incroyable ! On ne dirait pas que l'閐ifice est en ruine.
Amiti閟

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2009-11-03 16:49

Mas que grande perspectiva. A foto est� excelente, tanto em composi玢o como em nitidez, cores e exposi玢o.
Ant髇io

denisn72 (8314) 2009-11-03 17:43

Hi Jos�,
I like the perspective of that picture. Sharpness and colours are very good. The strong diagonal is perfect and lead my glance further away. I like the elegance style of all of your pictures.
Best regards
Denis!

sothy81 (9646) 2009-11-03 19:08

Hi Jose, I love this picture a lot, especially the diagnal view of this building. Very nice architecture too. Love the blue sky. Well done. Sothy

riclopes (35577) 2009-11-04 1:07

Ol� Jos�, pelo que li, isto era o shopping da altura. Curiosamente at� lembra algumas coisas megal髆anas que se fazem por a� especialmente com este ar lavadinho que lhe retira o sabor a antigo que lhe d� car醕ter. A for鏰 de Angkor Wat est� tamb閙 em terem decidido n鉶 o lavarem, digo eu, que nunca l� fui :)
A tua perspectiva � fort韘sima e tecnicamente perfeita na sua execu玢o. Aqui at� posso dispensar as pessoas ;-)
um abra鏾,
ricardo

delkoo (68) 2009-11-04 3:29

bonjour jos�,

la perpective est excellente et donne une reelle profondeur a la photo, les couleurs flatteuses completent bien cete bonne photo.

didier

gervaso (28439) 2009-11-04 15:11

Ol�, Jos�!

Que beleza de lugar, e mostrado com uma excelente perspectiva! As colunas enfileiradas deram um grafismo muito interessante e bonito! O c閡 bem aberto tamb閙 ajudou bastante! Bel韘simo trabalho!

leonorkuhn (16237) 2009-11-04 17:20

Ol� Jos�,

Lindo edif韈io, enorme, dedicado ao com閞cio e servi鏾s. Fico imaginando como seria a Atenas daquela 閜oca, maravilhosa, o ber鏾 da civiliza玢o ocidental. Excelente imagem, magn韋ica perspectiva, lindas cores e como sempre, excelente nitidez.

Abra鏾s
Leonor

pablominto (53746) 2009-11-04 23:08

Hello Jose,

The fine light is a great asset here!
The finer details in the architecture requires good light to look their best, and here they really do...
The point of view is well chosen, giving strong lines to the composition, and the feeling of depth is awesome!

Greetings,
Pablo -

JCG (35153) 2009-11-05 13:47

Bonsoir Jos�,

Un bel effet d'optique sur cette photo d'autant que le cadrage est tr鑣 bon je trouve ce qui donne beaucoup de profondeur � l'image, le grand angle a 閠� d'une bonne aide. Les belles conditions climatiques apportent d'agr閍bles contrastes. Coup d'oeil int閞essant, merci Jos�.

Avec toutes mes amiti閟 et une tr鑣 bonne soir閑,

Jean-Charles

dip (21408) 2009-11-05 22:03

Hi Jose,
a good sharp shot with excellent POV and perspective,
well done!
Dimitris.

Bluejeans (64251) 2009-11-06 10:33

Nossa Jos� ,
ficou com umas profundidade fant醩tica , que tamanho tem este edif韈io , � um belo trabalho de arte com estas colunas todas alinhadas , belo tom de azul , parab閚s!!
Um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo

Bom fim de semana

Docarmo (9767) 2009-11-10 12:17

Ol� Jos�,
Fant醩tico efeito de profundidade aqui! E que c閡 maravilhoso!
Parab閚s!
Docarmo

s_lush (16602) 2009-11-11 7:10

Hello Jose,
This picture is full of good graphics with strong perspective and predominance of diagonally oriented lines. These look great altogether. Very good composition, contrast of colors and light. Perfectly elegant image!
Best regards,
Sergiy

Silversnow (2319) 2009-12-08 11:11

Great use of the perspective to show how this must have looked like in it's glory days, a very impressive feat of architecture.

jaywalker (16105) 2009-12-13 16:28

Hi Jose, Great depth created by the line of impressive columns, the detail is out-standing & beautifully lit, wonderfully sharp & TFS, kind regards Wilson.

DRamos (512) 2010-08-12 17:24

Hello Jose,

I like very much this photo, have a depth that scares, and this blue sky is impressive, I guard in my favorites

Regards

David

claudeD (47754) 2014-08-08 12:02

Hello Jose,

wonderful picture showing this amazing architecture. Excellent composition, fine fresh colors and perfect sharpness are making here a very good fotojob.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

carlo62 (81265) 2014-08-08 15:50

Ciao Jose
fantastica diagonale su questo taglio verticale.
Il colonnato � magnifico e accompagna il nostro sguardo fino alla fine, mentre uno splendido cielo blu fa risaltare il candore dell'architettura.
Buon we
Carlo

jmdias (116663) 2014-08-12 18:00

z�

olhando assim, sem ler a nota, pensei que fosse uma recria玢o, j� que parece novinho em folha e sem danos aparentes. lindo este 鈔gulo apanhando a repeti玢o de padr鮡s. belo contraste entre o azul e o m醨more. bem feito e diferente do usual.

abra鏾s

jorge

macjake (98544) 2014-08-14 4:49

Hi Jose
oh what i'd give to have a time machine and travel back to see these ancient cities in their prime!!
just make sure to bring your camera with you :)

wonderful perspective lines, our eyes are drawn to them, and we follow those lines all the way to the end.

really enjoy the repetitive pattern style.
excellent clarity and details.
cheers
craig

boa (8039) 2014-08-15 13:04

Hi Jose,
an amazing depth and a strong line with help of the columns in this shot. Impressive building by the way, it must have been fantastic to see this building when it was new for so many years ago. A sharp shot with an attractive blue sky, tfs!

Have a nice evening/
Boa