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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 (30 P) S. Stoas (1 C, 3 P) T. Temple of Artemis (29 P) Greek temples (3 C, 23 P) Ancient Greek theatres (1 C, 6 P)
The Mycenaean megaron (15th to the 13th century BC) was the precursor for later Archaic and Classical Greek temples, but during the Greek Dark Age the buildings became smaller and less monumental. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The basic principles for the development of Greek temple architecture have their roots between the 10th century BC and the 7th century BC.
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 ...
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.
Pages in category "Lists of ancient Greek buildings and structures" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...