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1 day ago · Architecture Floor plan of the Parthenon. The Parthenon is a peripteral octastyle Doric temple with Ionic architectural features. It stands on a platform or stylobate of three steps. In common with other Greek temples, it is of post and lintel construction and is surrounded by columns ('peripteral') carrying an entablature. There are eight ...
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The Temple of Athena is the Parthenon on the Athenian...
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7 hours ago · Historian Judith Herrin has noted that “Byzantine craftsmen adapted ancient techniques to new ends.”. Indeed, Byzantine architects, artisans, and engineers brought the Greco-Roman architecture of antiquity into the Middle Ages. The enduring symbol of this architectural style is the Hagia Sophia.
7 hours ago · Wikipedia. The “blue homeland” includes half of the Aegean Sea and the largest Greek islands close to the Turkish coast: Samothrace, Lemnos, Lesbos, Chios, Samos, and Rhodes. Claiming this ...