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The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...
Ancient Greek architecture of the most formal type, for temples and other public buildings, is divided stylistically into three Classical orders, first described by the Roman architectural writer Vitruvius. These are: the Doric order, the Ionic order, and the Corinthian order, the names reflecting their regional origins within the Greek world.
Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Delphi (31 P) S. Stoas (1 C, 3 P) T. Temple of Artemis (30 P) Greek temples (2 C, 24 P)
Ancient Greek buildings and structures (8 C, 39 P) F. Ancient Greek fortifications (1 C, 5 P) G. Greek Revival architecture (8 C, 8 P) Gymnasiums (ancient Greece) (5 ...
The Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece The Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion in Athens. Greek temples (Ancient Greek: ναός, romanized: nāós, lit. 'dwelling', semantically distinct from Latin templum, "temple") were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion.
Pages in category "Lists of ancient Greek buildings and structures" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The approximately 500 m long structure, a novel combination of overflow dam and arcaded bridge, [39] crossed Iran's most effluent river on more than forty arches. [40] The most eastern Roman civil engineering structure ever built, [41] its dual-purpose design exerted a profound influence on Iranian dam building. [42]
Temples in ancient Athens (1 C, 27 P) Pages in category "Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.