Propylaia Panoramic View Acropolis

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The Propylaea was constructed of white Pentelic marble and gray Eleusinian marble or limestone, which was used only for accents. Structural iron was also used, though William Bell Dinsmoor — "Structural Iron in Greek Architecture," American Journal of Archaeology, XXVI, 1922 — analyzed the structure and concluded that the iron weakened the building.