bouleuterion
(noun)
A building which housed the council of citizens in Ancient Greece; an assembly hall.
Examples of bouleuterion in the following topics:
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The Agora
- A new Bouleuterion or meeting chamber for the city's council was also built in the agora during the Classical period.
- The new Bouleuterion and the older Metroon were both located near a monument to the Eponymous Heroes of Athens, each of whom represented a tribe of the city.
- Plan of the Athenian Agora. 1 Peristyle Court 2 Mint 3 Enneacrounos 4 South stoa 5 Heliaea 6 Strategeion 7 Colonos Agoraios 8 Tholos 9 Agora stone 10 Monument of the Eponymous Heroes 11 Old Bouleuterion 12 New Bouleuterion 13 Temple of Hephaestus (Hephaestion) 14 Temple of Apollo Patroos 15 Stoa of Zeus 16 Altar of the Twelve Gods 17 Royal stoa 18 Temple of Aphrodite Urania 19 Stoa of Hermes 20 Stoa poikile
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Urban Planning in the Greek High Classical Period
- North of the stoa was the bouleuterion, the assembly hall, and a small theatre.