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  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_063.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Enormous toppled marble column pieces of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_059.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_048.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from the inner courtyard vaulted corridor to the front of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_044.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from the forecourt of standing columns of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_038.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_034.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Marble column drums and other fragments of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The temple is part of the Sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma which was one of the most evocative and sacred of classical sites. Its oracle was famous with pilgrims throughout ancient world and was second in importance only to Delphi.
    Turkey-Didyma_027.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of the massive south wall of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_025.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View to the top of the two of the three remaining columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_018.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_015.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_007.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Decorative columns stumps and standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_008.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Abandoned decorative marble architraves of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_065.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_057.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_056.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Medusa head which was part of a frieze on the architrave of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_055.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble lion that once adorned the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_053.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Vaulted corridor from the inner sacred courtyard of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_040.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View from hall of two columns (hall of the Oracle) of two columns of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_036.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Stairway to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_028.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The massive south walls and an unfluted lone column of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_021.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_016.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_006.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_005.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Carved marble Medusa head with its serpentine curls at the sanctuary of Apollo. This famous giant carved marble Medusa head with its sepentine curls was part of the front frieze on the architrave of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma on the west coast of Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_002.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_060.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A decorative marble bulls head architrave piece from the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo
    Turkey-Didyma_050.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_046.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Vaulted corridor entrance that leads to the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_043.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Vaulted corridor that leads to the inner sacred courtyard of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_039.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_035.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Stairway to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_029.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Marble fragments of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_023.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The massive south walls and an unfluted lone column of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_022.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_013.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Decorative columns stumps and standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_003.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_064.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_061.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_047.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_033.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Forecourt marble column stumps of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_026.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A column base and toppled ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo at Didyma. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_019.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Richly decorative marble capital of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_062.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Enormous toppled marble column pieces of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_058.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey.  A gorgon frieze part that once adorned the architrave of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_054.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A decorative marble bulls head architrave piece from the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
    Turkey-Didyma_051.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble column drum and the forecourt of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_049.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_045.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The vaulted corridor view from the inner sacred courtyard of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_042.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Vaulted corridor entrance that leads to the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_041.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Hall of two columns (hall of the Oracle) and forecourt or Pronous of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_037.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The inner sacred courtyard or Adytum of the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. The Adytum is approximately 50 metres in length and within it towards its rear are the ruins of a small building known as Naiskos which served as an area for prayers and communications to the God Apollo. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous marble Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_032.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. A frieze with griffon motifs adorns the inner sacred courtyard Adytum walls of the Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_031.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Entrance to the hall of the Oracle from the inner sacred courtyard of the 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_030.tif
  • South wall. Temple of Apollo. Didyma. Turkey.
    Turkey-Didyma_024.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The north wall and two standing marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_020.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The north wall and two standing marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the 3rd century BC Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.
    Turkey-Didyma_017.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_012.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and two marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_011.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. The forecourt and remaining standing columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. A marble lion that once adorned the colossal and grand 3rd century BC Greek Temple of Apollo.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Didyma. Turkey. Partial view of the ruins of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo on the west coast of Turkey. Erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
    Turkey-Didyma_014.tif
  • Didyma. Turkey. View of ruins and the three remaining marble columns of the colossal 3rd century BC Hellenistic Temple of Apollo. Located on the west coast of Turkey, the Temple was erected on the site of an older temple destroyed by Darius I of Persia in 494 BC, the temple is nearly 120 metres long and 60 metres wide and is the 3rd largest Greek temple ever built after those of Ephesus and Samos. Only 3 columns remain today from the magnificent original 122 enormous Ionic columns that reached a height of 60 feet and with a diameter of 6 feet around the base.  The stumps of the columns are also impressively large and display beautiful decorative carvings at their base.
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  • Turkey. Kusadasi. Close up of a fountain Iznik tile panel, showing the intricate floral motifs known as arabesques. Kusadasi is a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
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  • Turkey. Kusadasi.  View of the Ocean Village cruise liner docked with a small boat at Kusadasi, a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
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  • Turkey. Kusadasi.  View of the Ocean Village cruise liner sailing in the waters of Kusadasi, a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
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  • Turkey. Kusadasi. Hand of peace sculpture with doves is silhouetted against the Aegean sunset on the waterfront promenade. Kusadasi is a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
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  • Turkey. A fountain with Iznik tile panels with intricate floral motifs known as arabesques in Kusadasi. Kusadasi is a coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
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  • Turkey. Kusadasi.  View from the local beach of Kusadasi of the beautiful Mediterranean sunset and beach lounge chairs and umbrellas. Kusadasi is a popular coastal resort town in the Aydin province of Aegean west coast Turkey.
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  • Panoramic view of the modern town of Aydin, Aydin Province, Anatolia, Turkey. Images taken from Ancient Tralleis.
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  • Panoramic view of the modern town of Aydin, Aydin Province, Anatolia, Turkey. Images taken from Ancient Tralleis.
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  • Panoramic view of the modern town of Aydin, Aydin Province, Anatolia, Turkey. Images taken from Ancient Tralleis.
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  • Panoramic view of the modern town of Aydin, Aydin Province, Anatolia, Turkey. Images taken from Ancient Tralleis.
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  • Panoramic view of the modern town of Aydin, Aydin Province, Anatolia, Turkey. Images taken from Ancient Tralleis.
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  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
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  • Exterior of the 2nd century AD Imperial Hall, Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The rectangular shaped building was originally two storey and richly embellished with colonnades and statues.  The central section was converted into a pool during the Byzantine period.
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  • The imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler.
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  • The semi-circular fountain which provided water for the late Roman-Early Byzantine shops, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The fountain is in the centre of the shops complex, with 7 shops on either side of it (East and west).
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  • View towards the imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler. In the foreground are the late Roman-Early Byzantine shops and pillars of the colonnaded street.
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  • View towards the imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler. In the foreground are the late Roman-Early Byzantine shops and pillars of the colonnaded street.
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  • Interior view of one of the late Roman-Early Byzantine shops that borders the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_047.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats. In the backround is the imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex,
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_043.jpg
  • The imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_018.jpg
  • The imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_017.jpg
  • The imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler.
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  • Restored pillars that once formed were part of the colonnaded street, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_008.jpg
  • The 2nd century AD Imperial Hall, Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey.  The rectangular shaped building was originally two storey and richly embellished with colonnades and statues.  The central section was converted into a pool during the Byzantine period.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_003.jpg
  • Interior view of one of the late Roman-Early Byzantine shops that borders the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_046.jpg
  • Interior view of one of the late Roman-Early Byzantine shops that borders the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_045.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats. In the backround is the imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex,
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_041.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_040.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_037.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_036.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_031.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_030.jpg
  • The imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_015.jpg
  • The imposing three arched structure that is part of the Bath-Gymnasium complex, ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. Dated to the 3rd century AD and resembling a Roman Triumphal Arch, the structure dominates the landscape and is known as Uc gozler.
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_001.jpg
  • The Roman period Latrina (Public Toilet) located in the Gymnasium of the ancient city of Tralleis, Aydin, Anatolia, Turkey. The Latrina at Trelleis is one of the largest latrines of the Roman Empire in Anatolia with its capacity of 65 people.  Keyhole shaped seats
    Turkey_Aydin_Tralleis_033.jpg
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