It was designed as a Doric temple flanked by two wings and built almost entirely with Pentelic marble. The design of the Doric temple was based on that of the propylaea on the Acropolis. The Academy is the most magnificent of all the neoclassical buildings that were constructed in Athens during the 19th century.
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