Wall of Haseki

The hastiness of the construction resulted in a wall only about 3 metres (9.8 ft) high and less than 1 metre (3.3 ft) thick, rather than a proper fortification.^[11] The course of the wall was as follows: from the Odeon of Herodes Atticus at the foot of the Acropolis, it went to the Theatre of Dionysus, and thence to the Arch of Hadrian, whose lower portion was walled up. From there it followed the course of the modern Vasilissis Amalias Avenue to Syntagma Square, thence down Stadiou Street to the original headquarters of the National Bank of Greece. From there it turned west to Koumoundourou Square, passed in front of the Theseion, over the Areopagus, and arrived again at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.^[12]

The wall had seven gates:^[8][14]

• the "Castle Gate" (Πόρτα του Κάστρου) or "Karababa" (Πόρτα του Καράμπαμπα) in front of the Acropolis, which led to the Muslim cemetery outside the wall (hence also Πόρτα των Μνημάτων, "Gate of the Tombs"), and was rarely used
• the "Mandravili Gate" (Πόρτα του Μαντραβίλη), after a local family, also known as "Drakos Gate" (Πόρτα του Δράκου, Δρακόπορτα) and in Turkish "Lion Gate" (Aslan Kapısı), between the Theseion and the hill of the Pnyx, leading to the Piraeus
• the "Morea Gate" (Mora Kapısı) or "Gypsy Gate" (Γύφτικη Πόρτα) in the area of the Kerameikos, named after the Gypsy ironsmiths in the area
• the "Gate of Menidi" (Μενιδιάτικη Πόρτα) in modern Aiolou Street, also known as the "Gate of the Holy Apostles" (Πύλη Αγίων Αποστόλων) from the nearby Byzantine-era Church of the Holy Apostles; as it led to Euboea, in Turkish it was known as "Gate of Euboea" (Eğriboz Kapısı)
• the "Mesogeia Gate" (Μεσογείτικη Πόρτα, Mesoya Kapısı), or "Boubounistra" (Μπουμπουνίστρα), from the rushing sound of a local fountain, in Othonos Street
• the walled-up "Gate of the Princess" (Πόρτα της Βασιλοπούλας) or "Arch Gate" (Καμαρόπορτα), as the Arch of Hadrian was known
• the "Arvanite Gate" (Αρβανίτικη Πόρτα), in the mostly Arvanite-inhabited quarter of Plaka; it was also known as the "Three Towers Gate" (Πόρτα των Τριών Πύργων), and led to Phaleron and Cape Sounion

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