Brauroneion

The Brauroneion was the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia on the Athenian Acropolis, located in the southwest corner of the Acropolis plateau, between the Chalkotheke and the Propylaea in Greece [1]. It was originally dedicated during the reign of Peisistratos [1]. The sanctuary on the Acropolis was of an unusual trapezoidal shape and did not contain a formal temple [1]. Instead, a portico or stoa served that function [1]. The stoa measured circa 38 by 6.8 m; it stood in front of the southern Acropolis wall, facing north [1]. In 346 BC, a second cult statue was erected [1]. According to Pausanias, it was a work by Praxiteles [1]. Pausanias also records the presence of an over-life-sized bronze horse representing the Trojan Horse [1].