Hadrian's Library
Roman-era library courtyard of a hundred marble columns, later buried under churches, a bazaar, and a cathedral lost to fire.
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This guide to Hadrian's Library in Athens opens with a fire in the bazaar in August 1884, then goes back to the Roman emperor who built the library around 132 and to the travel writer Pausanias, who described it. It follows the centuries after, when raiders, churches and an Ottoman governor's market each took a turn at the site. Best heard standing in front of the tall columns of the entrance wall.
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