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Two photographs. A peristyle surrounded the big green and large fountain area in front of the library.

The first photograph is a close-up of some of the bases of the columns of the portico in front of the library buildings.

The second…

There was a columned wall surrounding the entire Library of Hadrian complex. The capital is of the Corinthian order, which was was popular with the Romans. The rest of the architrave does not have any type of decoration.

Here the new marble used in the rebuilding of the entrance to the library complex is evident. New parts are added to the ancient marble, which is evident in the marble under the column base, which has a large piece of ancient-quarried marble.

This is probably part of the pediment that was over the entrance to the Library of Hadrian complex. Columned porticos with pediments above were iconic for Greek temples. Pediments were incorporated into Roman architecture, like many other aspects of…

Two photographs.

In the first, the entrance to the Library of Hadrian complex. New, quarried, white marble replaces ancient pieces that are missing.

In the second, a side view of the entrance. The Fethiye Mosque (Mosque of the Conqueror) is in…

Four photographs.

Though some of the examples show both ancient and modern brickwork, the Romans were well-known to use brick to build the core parts of buildings and then to add marble decorations as the final touch. Here modern and ancient brick…

This herm was excavated on the library site. Herms (hermae) were displayed in ancient Greece for good luck. The name came from Hermes, who was originally the deity depicted in bust or bust and shoulders at the top of the shaft. On the front of the…

New Pentelic marble has been used to erect part of the wall that once stretched from the portico and encircled the entire complex.

The outside wall of the Library of Hadrian complex along the modern Aiolou Street. The height of the modern city is evident as the wall is half-buried. Behind the wall is the main room of the library, as well as the archaeological site.

Two photographs.

In the first photograph, the foreground is the ruins of a building with its columns and part of its wall. Behind this is the main room, the storage rooms and the meeting rooms of the library, which are below the north wall of the…