Tower of the Winds

a Roman tower in Athens that once housed an early weather vane, large clepsydra, and multiple sundials to function as an early clocktower
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Tower of the Winds
George E. Koronaios · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Tower of the Winds

Summary

Tower of the Winds is a water clock[1]. It draws 198 Wikipedia views per month (water_clock category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tower of the Winds is the creator of Andronicus of Cyrrhus[3].
  • Tower of the Winds is located in Athens Municipality[4].
  • Tower of the Winds is in the country of Greece[5].
  • Tower of the Winds's image is recorded as Το Ωρολόγιον του Ανδρονίκου Κυρρήστου στις 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2019.jpg[6].
  • Tower of the Winds's instance of is recorded as water clock[7].
  • Tower of the Winds's instance of is recorded as weather vane[8].
  • Tower of the Winds's instance of is recorded as sundial[9].
  • Tower of the Winds's instance of is recorded as clock tower[10].
  • Tower of the Winds's architectural style is recorded as ancient Roman architecture[11].
  • Tower of the Winds's architectural style is recorded as Hellenistic architecture[12].
  • Tower of the Winds's depicts is recorded as Anemoi[13].
  • Tower of the Winds's made from material is recorded as Pentelic marble[14].
  • Tower of the Winds's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235676649[15].
  • Tower of the Winds's GND ID is recorded as 4619675-4[16].
  • Tower of the Winds's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85136294[17].
  • Tower of the Winds's location is recorded as Roman Agora of Athens[18].
  • Tower of the Winds's Commons category is recorded as Tower of the Winds[19].
  • Tower of the Winds's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11199493[20].
  • Tower of the Winds's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20016344[21].
  • Tower of the Winds's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.974177777778, 'lon': 23.727002777778}[22].
  • Tower of the Winds's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rsbd[23].
  • Tower of the Winds's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tower of the Winds[24].
  • Tower of the Winds's Commons gallery is recorded as Tower of the Winds[25].
  • Tower of the Winds's described at URL is recorded as http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=1839[26].
  • Tower of the Winds's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Tower-of-the-Winds-building-Athens-Greece[27].

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Geography

Tower of the Winds is in the country of Greece[5]. It is located in Athens Municipality[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include water clock[7], weather vane[8], sundial[9], and clock tower[10]. Tower of the Winds's heritage designation is recorded as archaeological site in Greece[28].

Why It Matters

Tower of the Winds draws 198 Wikipedia views per month (water_clock category, ranking #1 of 2).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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