# Arch of Hadrian

Athens, Greece

A marble gateway about 18 metres high, raised around 131 CE in honour of the emperor Hadrian. Two inscriptions mark it as a symbolic boundary, naming the old city of Theseus on one side and the new city of Hadrian on the other.

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Coordinates: 37.97018, 23.73203

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