IStoa sika-Attalus Kuyindawo evulekile yamaGreki, etholakala engxenyeni esempumalanga ye-Agora e-Athene. Ukwakhiwa kwenziwa nguPhiladelphiahus Attalus II, inkosi yasePheresiya cishe ngonyaka we-150 BC, ebonga imfundo ayitholile kulowo muzi.
Lesi sakhiwo sasisikhulu kakhulu njengaleso esakhiwa ngaleso sikhathi, sasilinganisa amamitha ayi-116,50 ubude ngo-20,05 ububanzi. Kwakunezitezi ezimbili, elingezansi ngesitayela se-Doric nesitezi esisodwa ngesitayela se-Ionic, zombili izitezi zahlanganiswa izitebhisi ezimbili ekugcineni, isisekelo saso sasingunxande ngamakholomu amaningi.
I-façade yayenziwe ngemabula yePentelic, izindonga zenziwe nge-limestone evela ePiraeus, futhi uphahla lwenziwe ngamathayili.
Kwakuyisikhungo sezentengiselwano noma ukhokho wezindawo zamanje zokuthenga, sasinamandla ezitolo zezentengiso ezingama-41 futhi kwakudingeka siqashelwe umbuso wase-Athene.
Kwakukhona nezindawo zemibuthano yokuzijabulisa nezingxoxo ngakho-ke kwakungadingeki ukuthi baphume emakhazeni noma elangeni.
Amanxiwa ayo atholakele phakathi nekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye leminyaka, yabuyiselwa phakathi kuka-1953 no-1956 kodwa akukho okushintshiwe, abaphathi babengamalungu e-American School of Archaeology ngemali evela kuJohn Rockefeller Jr.
IStoa sika-Atalo Inezikhungo zayo iMnyuziyamu ye-Agora yase-Athene.
Zonke izingcezu zezithombe ezibaziweyo nezinye, ezitholakala eduze ne-Agora ziseMnyuziyamu wase-Estoa.
Lesi sakhiwo siwuphawu lwedolobha futhi njengamanje sisetshenziselwa imihlangano ebalulekile, kubanjelwe "umcimbi wokusayina wokwandiswa kwe-EU emazweni amasha ayishumi, i-Estonia, iLatvia, iLithuania, iPoland, iCzech Republic, iSlovakia, iHungary, iSlovenia , ECyprus naseMalta ”, ebibanjwe ngomhlaka-16 Ephreli 2003.