Articles related to "Pentelic Marble"

Definition of the glossary term Pentelic marble

With funds from a treasury league of alliances, Pericles restored the temples of the Agora, and transformed Athens into a center of culture and political idealism.

Built by Septimius Severus as the centre piece of his building programme, the second century Roman forum and basilica at Leptis Magna remain impressive today.

Westminster Cathedral is decorated with marble from all over the world, possibly as many as 126 different types in almost as many different colours.