Tower of the Winds, Athens. St. Catherine's Oratory, Isle of Wight 1757 print[Elevation of the Temple of the Winds at Athens] Andronicus Cyrrhastes's Temple of the Eight Winds [Four elevations of St. Catherine's Oratory in the Isle of Wight] The Tower of the Winds or the Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower in the Roman Agora in Athens that functioned as a horologion or "timepiece". It is considered the world's first meteorological station.