South Stoa was a commercial stoa in the Ancient Agora.
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It was a very important stoa for the public life of ancient Athens. Some stones from the building’s walls, parts of the stereobate foundation on the north side, a Doric capital and fragments of the stereobate of the outer colonnade are visible today.
It was an 80 x 15 m. two-storey stoa, had 15 rooms and banquets and dinners for officials were hosted here. Later, it was converted into a commercial stoa. It had 45 columns which were left without chanelling and an interior colonnade of 22 columns, probably of Ionic order. It is quite possible that there also was a second floor, which was continuous, without rooms. The construction materials testify to a “frugality” which is probably connected to the political and economic conditions of the time and especially the Peloponnesian War. The stoa was demolished to build the South Stoa II (Hellenistic era).
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1936 The first excavation took place.
430 BC Constructed around this year.
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