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Ionic temple dedicated to Athena, Poseidon,
Erechtheus and other chthonic deities of Attica. 421- 406 B.C.
Restoration work was carried out on this monument between 1979-1987. The parts
of the monument that had been restored earlier this century were dismantled and
the architectural members treated on the ground. When reassembling the monument,
the north wall was restored to a greater height by reinserting blocks newly
identified. The structural resistance of the monument was reinforced by
restoring its northeast comer using cement casts of the original column and the
blocks of the entablature above, which are now in the British Museum. Cement
casts have also replaced the Caryatids of the south porch. Five of the original
statues are In the Acropolis Museum, the sixth one being in the British Museum.
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