ere used rather than the Doric columns similar to the outer columns because of space restraints. Also constructed of load bearing walls the Propylaia was entirely constructed out of white marble. These load-bearing walls were the walls of the Pinakotheke and were covered with painted panels or wall paintings. This propylaia wasn't the first on that site. The original entrance gate was smaller and was destroyed in the Persian fire in 480 B.C. After being prepared in the propylaia, you would enter a central courtyard overlooking the immense bronze statue of,"the Champion", Athena Promachos. This statue was so large that the sun could be seen glimmering off the tip of its spear from out at sea.
             To the left you would see the Erechtheion in its wh
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