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Have you guys ever heard of a stoa?

A stoa was a common structure and ancient Greek architecture that served a wide variety

of purposes.

But most of the time it was just a place that people gathered.

Just imagine two huge lines of big, dork or Ionian columns holding up a massive roof, usually

hundreds of feet long and positioned right in the middle of town, offering people a little

shelter from the elements while they do their business.

In a stoa, sometimes merchants would set up shop, sometimes artists would lay out their

artwork for people to see, sometimes people would just hold a gathering in honor of some

local, prestigious war hero.

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