Tag: Architecture

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  Sounion: Temple of Athena

  The sanctuary of Athena Sounias (nominative singular case: Αθηνά Σουνιάς; genitive singular case: Ναός της Αθηνάς Σουνιάδος; Often transliterated as: Sounia,…

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  Temple of Apollo at Delphi

  Central among the number of imposing ruins that are interspersed on the southern slopes of Parnassos mountain is the temple of…

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  Temple of Hephaestus

  Ἡφαιστεῖον. Also transliterated as: Hephaisteion, Hephaesteion The temple of Hephestus (or Thesion) crowns a low hill in the Northwest end of…

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  Temple of Poseidon at Sounion

  Archaeological evidence indicates that Sounion was a sacred area as far back as the Bronze Age, but the temple visible in our day…

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  Treasury of the Athenians

  The Athenian Treasury was a votive building in the form of a reduced scale temple, designed to hold the multitude of…

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