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An acroterion, acroterium, (pl. akroteria) is an architectural ornament placed on a flat pedestal called the acroter or plinth, and mounted at the apex or corner of the pediment of a building in the classical style. An acroterion placed at the outer angles of the pediment is an acroterion angularium ( angulārium]] means ‘at the corners’).
The acroterion may take a wide variety of forms, such as a statue, tripod, disc, urn, palmette or some other sculpted feature. Acroteria are also found in Gothic architecture. They are sometimes incorporated into furniture designs.
According to Webb, during the Hellenistic period the winged victory or Nike figure was considered to be "the most appropriate motif for figured akroteria.”
File:Winged Nike at Samothrace Archeaological museum.jpg|Ancient Greek marble acroterion in the form of Nike, Archaeological Museum of Samothrace, Samothrace, Greece
File:Ancient Greece Marble Statue (28207918510).jpg|Ancient Greek acroterion of a Nereids on horseback, 380 BC, marble, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Image:Marble akroterion MET DT259543.jpg|Ancient Greek akroterion, 350–325 BC, marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York File:Marble akroterion of the grave monument of Timotheos and Nikon MET GR97.jpg|Akroterion of the grave monument of Timotheos and Nikon, 350–325 BC, marble, Metropolitan Museum of Art
File:Artemis Temple, akroteria, 330-300 BC, AM of Epidaurus, 202546.jpg|Ancient Greek acroteria from a temple of Artemis, 330-300 BC, marble, Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus, Epidaurus, Greece,
File:Agios Athanasios, Ancient Macedonian Tomb - II (36979099971).jpg|Ancient Greek acroteria of the Tomb III, Agios Athanasios, Greece, 325-300 BC
File:Βronze inscribed plaque with an honorary decree of the Eleians for the Olympic victor Demokrates from the island of Tenedos, written in the Eleian dialect, from the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia, 300-250 BC (28382489002).jpg|Simplified Ancient Greek acroteria of the pediment on an honorary decree, 300-250 BC, bronze, National Archaeological Museum, Athens (2025). 9780500519585, Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500519585
File:. Statue sur le toît de l'église Saint Pierre et Paul.jpg|Romanesque acroterion of the Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul de Rosheim, Rosheim, France, unknown sculptor or architect, 1150
file:06-Villa-Rotonda-Palladio.jpg|Renaissance acroteria of the Villa La Rotonda, outside Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, 1566-1590s (2025). 9781529420340, Laurence King. ISBN 9781529420340
File:Lyon 5e - Cimetière de Loyasse - Allée 7 - Tombe Lupin-Roux - Façade principale.jpg|Neoclassical acroteria with mascarons on the Grave of Lupin-Roux family, Loyasse Cemetery, Lyon, sculpted by Pierre-Marie Prost, 1830
file:Blumenberg Fenster.jpg|Neoclassical acroteria of a window of the Großer Blumenberg, Leipzig, Germany, designed by Albert Geutebrück mid-19th century
File:Grave of Alexandrina Grejdanescu and Barbu Grejdanescu in the Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest, Romania (02).jpg|Neoclassical pediment with acroteria of the Grave of Alexandrina Grejdanescu and Barbu Grejdanescu, Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest, Romania, unknown architect or sculptor, 1871
File:Sphinx-University of Athens.jpg|Greek Revival sphinx acroterion of the Academy of Athens, designed by Theophil Hansen, 1885
File:COUVERTURES EN TUILES AU JAPON Amortissements divers.png|Japanese acroterion, illustrations by Abel Guérineau, 1887
File:Soleil collège Franklin.jpg|Beaux Arts acroterion of the Collège Franklin (Boulevard Louis-XIV no. 5), Lille, France, unknown architect or sculptor, 1900
File:14 Strada Grigore Cobălcescu, Bucharest (07).jpg|Beaux Arts acroterion above a window of Strada Grigore Cobălcescu no. 14, Bucharest, unknown architect or sculptor, 1900
File:2 Strada Bocșa, Bucharest (02).jpg|Beaux Arts acroterion above a window of Strada Bocșa no. 2, Bucharest, unknown architect or sculptor, 1900
File:Art Nouveau polychrome tiled stove in the Mița the Cyclist House, Bucharest (04).jpg|Art Nouveau acroterion of a stove in the Mița the Cyclist House (Strada Biserica Amzei no. 9), Bucharest, possibly designed by Nicolae C. Mihăescu, (2025). 9789730238846, Ordinul Arhitecților din România. ISBN 9789730238846 1908
File:Bucharest, Gara de Nord (15483566168).jpg|Art Deco acroterion of the Dinicu Golescu Entrance of the Northern Railway Station, Bucharest, designed by Victor Gh. Ștephănescu, 1935 (2025). 9789730238846, Ordinul Arhitecților din România. ISBN 9789730238846
Chicago (3392204396).jpg|Postmodern acroterion of the Harold Washington Library, Chicago, by Hammond, Beeby & Babka, 1991 (2025). 9780500519141, Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500519141
HoustonChildrenMuseum.JPG|Postmodern acroteria on the pediment of the Children's Museum of Houston, Houston, US, by Robert Venturi, 1992
File:Maitland Robinson Library, Cambridge.jpg|New Classical acroteria on the pediment of the Maitland Robinson Library, Downing College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, by Quinlan Terry, 1992
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