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The Tower of the Winds is an octagonal marble clocktower located in the Roman Agora in Athens and once served as a horologion or "timepiece."

Since the tower features a sundial, a water clock, and a wind vane, it is considered the first known meteorological station in the world. It was built in around 50 BC by Andronicus of Cyrrhus, or in the 2nd century BC, depending on who you ask, but its restoration was completed in 2016 by the Athens Ephorate of Antiquities. Each of the tower’s eight sides faces one point on the compass and features a frieze showing one of the eight ancient Greek gods of the wind. There are eight vertical sundials beneath the friezes, casting a shadow on hour lines. The interior of the tower used to contain a complex internal water clock driven by water that flowed down from a well under the Acropolis.

Aiolou, Athens 105 55, Greece, Phone: +30-21-03-21-97-76

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