Pentelic marble

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Pentelic marble is a fine-grained, white Greek marble with a subtle golden tint, historically prized in classical architecture and sculpture for its beauty and durability.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Pentelic marble canonical 22
Pentelic marble deposit 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marble
metamorphic rock
associatedWithCulture Ancient Greek architecture
Classical sculpture
associatedWithSite Acropolis of Athens
category Greek marble
building material
sculptural material
color white
colorHint subtle golden tint
countryOfOrigin Greece
geologicalAge Mesozoic
linked to: Mesozoic Era
geologicalFormationType metamorphosed limestone
grain fine-grained
hasReputation high quality building stone
symbol of classical Greek art
historicalExport Roman Empire
historicallyPrizedFor beauty
durability
workability
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Attica
materialComposition calcite
minedSince antiquity
notableWorkUsedIn Acropolis of Athens monuments
linked to: Acropolis of Athens

Erechtheion
Parthenon
linked to: the Parthenon

Propylaea of the Acropolis of Athens
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens
placeOfOrigin Mount Pentelicus
quarriedFrom Penteli quarries
quarryLocation Mount Pentelicus, Greece
linked to: Mount Pentelicus
regionOfUse Europe
Mediterranean
linked to: Mediterranean Sea
surfaceFinishPotential high polish
texture homogeneous
usedFor architecture
monuments
public buildings
sculpture
statues
temples
usedInPeriod Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
visualCharacteristic translucent quality
uniform texture
warm tone
weatheringCharacteristic good resistance to weathering

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parthenon materialUsed Pentelic marble
subject linked to: the Parthenon
Old Royal Palace of Greece materialUsed Pentelic marble
Erechtheion material Pentelic marble
Arch of Titus materialUsed Pentelic marble
Penteli quarries materialExtracted Pentelic marble
Penteli quarries geologicalFormation Pentelic marble deposit
linked to: Pentelic marble
Panathenaic Stadium material Pentelic marble
Periclean building program materialUsed Pentelic marble
Hadrian's Arch (Athens) materialUsed Pentelic marble
Parian marble comparedWith Pentelic marble
Penteli historicallyKnownFor Pentelic marble
Monastery of Penteli materialUsed Pentelic marble
subject linked to: monastery of Penteli
Pentelic quarries materialExtracted Pentelic marble
Kallimarmaro material Pentelic marble
Olympieion hasMaterial Pentelic marble
Stoa of Attalos materialUsed Pentelic marble
Parthenon cella materialUsed Pentelic marble
Horsemen of the Frieze materialUsed Pentelic marble
subject linked to: horsemen of the frieze
Lysicrates Monument materialUsed Pentelic marble