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As a type of construction it goes back to the Mycenaean era, reappearing in the archaic era in the Heraion de Samos (7th century BC), and in the classical era in Delphi (from 480 BC), where it used to deposit the spoils of medical wars.2
The stoa is a construction typical of classical architecture, one of the simplest: a covered architectural space, elongated rectangular, formed by a succession of columns, pillars or other supports (colonnade), and, where appropriate, side walls . In Greek urbanism it used to be part of public spaces such as gyms and gardens; although its preferred location was the agora (the public square of the Greek cities).
