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  • Church of Domine Quo Vadis along the ancient Roman road The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica),  Southern Rome, Italy.
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  • View of various tombs on street Via delle Tombe, Porta Nocera, Pompeii Italy. Left is the Tomb of a magistrate; Centre is the Tomb of Eumachia and then the Tomb of Marcus Octavius and Vertia Philumina on right.
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  • Part view of the Large Palaestra (sports field) built during the Augustan era, Pompeii Italy. In its centre it has a swimming pool and enclosing the field on three sides is a portico of Ionic Columns
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  • Looking across the atrium, with impluvium and marble table at the House of Fabii Tyrannus and Iarinus, Pompeii Italy. The house is located on street Vicolo di Mercurio.
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  • Part view of the Basilica with the elegant Hellenistic styled two-level Tribunal in the background at Pompeii Italy.  Dating back to the 2nd century BC, the basilica is the oldest public building in the city. It was originally a covered market and then became the seat of the Law Courts at the beginning of the 1st century AD. It was then that the Tribunal was built at the west end of the building. The surrounding portico consisted of 28 fluted Corinthian column reaching 11 metres in height.
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  • The ruins of the Doric Temple dedicated to Heracles’ and built in the 6th century BC at the Triangular Forum Pompeii Italy. Heracles’ was the mythical founder of Pompeii and the temple later included the cult of Athena / Minerva. It is said it was similar to the temples of Paestum in construction and was abounded before the destruction of the city in 79 AD.
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  • Paestum. Campania. Italy. View of a display room at the museum with various architectural fragments from the Temples and ancient city, including the lion head spout and metopes from the Temple of Hera.
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  • Paestum. Campania. Italy. View from the rear through to the front of the Temple of  Hera II. Dating from 474 and 450 BC, the Temple is complete (apart from its missing roof) and ranks as one of the best preserved temples of Europe. The Temple has 36 fluted Doric limestone columns (6 by 14 and 9 metres high columns) and at 60 metres long by 24 metres wide made it the largest temple at Paestum. It is considered the finest example of a pure Doric Temple found anywhere.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the well preserved public latrine or forica at largest baths in Ostia, the Baths of the Forum. The latrine has 22 seats and was built in the 4th century AD. The baths or Terme del Foro were built in the third quarter of the second century AD and then restored in the 4th century.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of room D of the House of the Nymphaeum which dates to 325-350AD. The floor of room D is decorated with polychrome opus sectile of high quality. .
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the large circular central hall of the Baths of Seven Sages or Terme dei Sette Sapienti , so called from the room with paintings of the "seven Greek sages". The circular hall which was once domed is paved with black-and-white mosaic, 12 metres in diameter, depicting hunting scenes.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_090.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the fine black and white mosaic floor of the Hall of the Mesores (grain measures). The mosaic dates form the 3rd century AD and is depicting grain measurers (mensores frumentarii) at work. Little else is left of the rectangular building that surrounded the mosaic.
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  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
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  • Selinunte. Sicily. Italy.  View of various temple fragments including a column capital and a fluted column drum.
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  • Selinunte. Sicily. Italy.  View of the fourteen re-erected columns (north colonnade) of the 6th century BC Greek Doric Temple C.  The temple is presumed to be dedicated to the Greek God Apollo. Dating from 580 – 560 BC, the Peripteral Hexastyle Temple consisted of 6 by 17 columns and is the oldest Temple at the ancient city.  The partial restoration of the temple was performed in 1925.
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  • Selinunte. Sicily. Italy. Tourists are dominated by the impressive size of the Doric Columns of the 5th century BC Temple E which is dedicated to Greek Goddess Hera, wife of Zeus. Dating from 460 – 450 BC, the Peripteral hexastyle Temple was partially restored in the 1950’s and contains fragments of the original white finish which would have made it glow and visible from far off in ancient times.
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  • Selinunte. Sicily. Italy. Interior view towards the rear (West side) of the 5th century BC Temple E which is dedicated to Goddess Hera. In the background are the adyton walls. Dating from 460 – 450 BC, the Greek Doric Peripteral hexastyle Temple was partially restored in the 1950’s and contains fragments of the original white finish which would have made it glow and visible from far off in ancient times.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_006.tif
  • Himera. Sicily. Italy. View of the imposing Monte San Calogero that rises high above the flat plains of the Himera valley, located centrally on the north coast of Sicily.
    Himera_Sicily_Italy_042.tif
  • Himera. Sicily. Italy. View along the northern side looking east of the Temple of Victory. Dating from 470 BC, the Temple was built to honour the crushing defeat of the Carthaginians by the Greeks here in 480 BC. The Greek Doric peripteral and hexastyle Temple originally had 14 columns at the sides and six in front, of which only the crepidoma or stepped platform, lower part of the columns and part of the cella walls survive.
    Himera_Sicily_Italy_035.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of the Ancient Greek theatre which dates from the 4th century BC. The soft sandstone of the theatre is protected by a perplex cover and it retains 10 rows of its seats. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_004.tif
  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  View of the front of the magnificent Greek Doric Temple of Concord or Tempio della Concordia at the Valley of the Temples. Dating from around 430 BC, the Temple has all of its original 34 local shell limestone columns still standing in a peripteral hexastyle plan of 6 by 13 columns, only the ceiling and roof are missing.
    Agrigento_Sicily_Italy_013.tif
  • Part view of the ruins of the colonnade of the 4th century BC South Portico. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Portico formed the southern boundary of the Sanctuary with the façade facing towards the river Alpheios. It consisted of an interior Doric colonnade and an outer Corinthian one. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_107.tif
  • Toppled ruins and the lone standing Doric column of the 5th century BC Temple of Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Temple’s massive columns lay toppled in the ground, unmoved since being destroyed by massive earthquake in the 6th century AD. The Temple of Zeus once housed the 12 metre high golden statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Toppled ruins and the lone standing Doric column of the 5th century BC Temple of Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Temple’s massive columns lay toppled in the ground, unmoved since being destroyed by massive earthquake in the 6th century AD. The Temple of Zeus once housed the 12 metre high golden statue of Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Ruins of the Echo Stoa or Portico and votive statue bases dating from the 4th century BC. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was famous for its acoustics where the sound was repeated seven times. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_071.tif
  • Priene. Turkey. Small section of 2.5 kilometres of the well preserved ancient walls of Priene that protected the city from invaders.
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  • The small Odeon that opens up into the state Agora at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • The Greek styled ancient Hellenistic theatre at the Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • The Grand Baths and Gymnasium complex at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • Rhamnous. Greece. View of the blue waters of Southern Euboea Gulf and the ruins of the 5th century BC fortress town. The fortress was permanently manned by the Athenians and was used to protect the northeast coastal border of Attica and watch over shipping.
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  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. Detail view of part of the colonnade from the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple as sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-029.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. Detail view of fluted columns from the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple as sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-028.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy.  View of ancient Greek theatre of the ancient Greek colony of Metapontion or Metapontum. Partially restored, the theatre was built during the 6th century BC and was capable of seating 8000 spectators. Located on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy, the city was founded in the 7th century BC by Greek colonists from the western Peloponnese.
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-016.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. View of the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple was built as a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-002.tif
  • Tomba dei Rabirii (funerary monument) along the ancient Roman road The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica),  Southern Rome, Italy.
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  • Rebuilt monument to the children of Sextus Pompeus Justus along the ancient Roman road The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica), Southern Rome, Italy.
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  • Rome. Italy. The ancient Roman road known as The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) located in the Park of the Appia Antica in Southern Rome.
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  • Rome. Italy. The ancient Roman road known as The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) located in the Park of the Appia Antica in Southern Rome.
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  • View of a statue of a youth with a cloak covering his head at the Portico north wall of the Stabian Baths, Pompeii Italy. The statue is of Hermes, the god of the palaestra in his guise as Psychopompus, the guide of departed souls. The Baths are the largest, best preserved and oldest baths at Pompeii
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  • View of the north entrance tunnel to arena of the amphitheatre which was built in 80 BC, Pompeii Italy. The amphitheatre was used for sports and gladiatorial contests, hunts and battles with wild animals.  It was enlarged by the Romans due to the spectacles becoming so popular. The stadium seats 20,000 spectators.
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  • Looking north along the paved street Via Consolare towards Porta Ercolano (Herculaneum Gate) at Pompeii Italy.
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  • Paestum. Campania. Italy.  View of the west short side panel mural painting from the famous tomb of the Diver (Tomba del Tuffatore) from the Tempa del Prete necropolis. This panel depicts a cortege made up of a naked young man with a short blue cape, preceded by a flute playing young girl and followed by an older beared man leaning on a staff.  Dating from 480 - 470 BC, the murals are possibly the only extant examples of Greek painting.  The four panels forming the coffin represent scenes of banquets, dancing and games. The fifth panel, the cover, shows a naked youth executing a prefect dive into a blue sea. The dive is thought to symbolize the passage from life to the death.
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  • Paestum. Italy. The south side of the Temple of Hera (or the Basilica) located in the southern sanctuary of the ancient city. This is the oldest of the three temples here with work beginning around 550 BC and completing around 520 BC. Built of local limestone, the temples colonnade is still standing and consists of 50 fluted Doric columns, nine at the ends and 18 along the sides.
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  • Paestum. Italy. The south side of the Temple of Hera (or the Basilica) located in the southern sanctuary of the ancient city. This is the oldest of the three temples here with work beginning around 550 BC and completing around 520 BC. Built of local limestone, the temples colonnade is still standing and consists of 50 fluted Doric columns, nine at the ends and 18 along the sides.
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  • Paestum. Campania. Italy.  View of a Doric column capital of the Temple of Athena (of Ceres) located in the northern end of the site. The capital consists of the necking, the echinus and the abacus which is the square shaped flat block. Dating from 500 BC, the temple is the smallest of the three temples at Paestum and consisted of 34 fluted Doric columns - 6 by 13. The Temple is somewhat unique in that the inside porch was fronted by eight Ionic columns, which was the first time in Greek architecture that the Doric and Ionic styles were combined.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View of a modern wall in which marble pediment fragments have been placed of the 1st century BC Temple of Roma and Augustus. This view is of the rear of the temple and it includes the statue of Victory to the left that may have adorned the ridge of the roof of the temple.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy.  View from the forum of the Capitolium, the ancient town’s most important temple and dedicated to the main Roman deities, Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Dominating the Forum and built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian (117-138 AD), the prostyle hexastyle building pronaos is reached by a wide flight of steps which had six fluted white marble columns which provided an entrance to the rectangular cells.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View along the lower Decumanus Maximus heading north away from the Porta Sea towards the centre of the city.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_117.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of the main entrance Horrea Epagathiana, private warehouses dating from the middle of the 2nd century AD.  The main door is decorated by brick columns with capitals, an architrave (with the inscription) and a pediment. The inscribed marble plaque above the doors says the building was built by the merchants Epagatus and Epafroditus of Greek origin.
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  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of a marble statue of a naked resting male figure which is a romanticized portrait sculpture of C. Cartilius Poplicola a prominent figure in Ostia in the first century BC. The statue is on the pronaos of the Temple of Hercules Victor or Tempio di Ercole dating from the end of the 2nd century AD and the largest temple in the sacred area of three Republican temples.  In the background are the ruins of a Republican tetrastyle Temple from the same date, possibly dedicated to Aesculapius and Hygieia, deities of health.
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  • View of abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical blocks at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which were to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_077.tif
  • View of an abandoned great 5th century BC cylindrical block at the quarries of Cave de Cusa which was to be used as Column Drums. The Quarry provided all the Masonry for the Temples at Selinunte.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_066.tif
  • Selinunte. Sicily. Italy. View of the east front of the Greek Doric Temple E which dates from 460 – 450 BC and is dedicated to Greek Goddess Hera, wife of Zeus. The Peripteral hexastyle Temple was partially restored in the 1950’s and contains fragments of the original white finish which would have made it glow and visible from far off in ancient times.
    Selinunte_Sicily_Italy_003.tif
  • Segesta. Sicily. Italy. View from the Greek Theatre which stands on the highest part of the ancient city at about 400 metres on the cliffs of Mount Barbaro. The theatre has a stunning backdrop overlooking the beautiful panorama of the Segestan territory which is dominated by Mount Inici. Segesta is located in eastern Sicily, the Mediterranean’s largest Island.
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  • Segesta. Sicily. Italy. View from the rear of the Greek Theatre which stands on the highest part of the ancient city at about 400 metres on the cliffs of Mount Barbaro.
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  • Segesta. Sicily. Italy. View towards the rear of the interior of the Greek Doric Temple of Segesta which stands glorious in magnificent isolation on a low hill in the midst of verdant country side and framed by mountains.
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  • Himera. Sicily. Italy. View of wall separating the cella from opisthodomos in the rear of the Temple of Victory which dates from around 470 BC. In the distance is the imposing Monte San Calogero. The Temple was built to honour the crushing defeat of the Carthaginians by the Greeks here in 480 BC. The Greek Doric peripteral and hexastyle Temple originally had 14 columns at the sides and six in front, of which only the crepidoma or stepped platform, lower part of the columns and part of the cella walls survive.
    Himera_Sicily_Italy_021.tif
  • Himera. Sicily. Italy. View of wall separating the cella from opisthodomos in the rear of the Temple of Victory which dates from around 470 BC. In the distance is the imposing Monte San Calogero. The Temple was built to honour the crushing defeat of the Carthaginians by the Greeks here in 480 BC. The Greek Doric peripteral and hexastyle Temple originally had 14 columns at the sides and six in front, of which only the crepidoma or stepped platform, lower part of the columns and part of the cella walls survive.
    Himera_Sicily_Italy_001.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of the Ancient Greek theatre which dates from the 4th century BC. The soft sandstone of the theatre is protected by a perplex cover and it retains 10 rows of its seats. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_009.tif
  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  Panoramic view of the landscape that surrounds the magnificent ruins of the Valley of the Temples. Akragas, modern day Agrigento is home to UNESCO World Heritage listed site ‘Valley of the Temples’ which had the largest known assemblage of colonnaded temples in the Greek world.
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  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  A short distance from the east façade Temple of Olympian Zeus are the ruins of the enormous high altar, measuring 54,50 metre x 17,50 metres.
    Agrigento_Sicily_Italy_074.tif
  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  View of the rear of the magnificent Greek Doric Temple of Concord or Tempio della Concordia at the Valley of the Temples. Dating from around 430 BC, the Temple has all of its original 34 local shell limestone columns still standing in a peripteral hexastyle plan of 6 by 13 columns, only the ceiling and roof are missing. It was converted into a Christian church in the 6th century AD, which ensured it preservation
    Agrigento_Sicily_Italy_019.tif
  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  View of the front of the magnificent Greek Doric Temple of Concord or Tempio della Concordia at the Valley of the Temples. Dating from around 430 BC, the Temple has all of its original 34 local shell limestone columns still standing in a peripteral hexastyle plan of 6 by 13 columns, only the ceiling and roof are missing.
    Agrigento_Sicily_Italy_018.tif
  • Agrigento. Sicily. Italy.  View of the front of the magnificent Greek Doric Temple of Concord or Tempio della Concordia at the Valley of the Temples. Dating from around 430 BC, the Temple has all of its original 34 local shell limestone columns still standing in a peripteral hexastyle plan of 6 by 13 columns, only the ceiling and roof are missing.
    Agrigento_Sicily_Italy_012.tif
  • The marble base pedestal of Paeonios Victory (Nike). Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The base supported the 5th century BC statue of the winged Nike. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The 9 metre tall triangular marble pedestal is in front of the southeast corner of the Temple of Zeus. The statue of Nike, by the sculptor Paionios of Mende, is a masterpiece of Greek Art is housed in the museum. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Ruins of the Echo Stoa or Portico and votive statue bases dating from the 4th century BC. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was famous for its acoustics where the sound was repeated seven times. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Ancient_Olympia_070.tif
  • Stone bases of the Zanes leading to the Olympic stadium entrance. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The Zanes were bronze statues of Zeus erected and financed by the proceeds of the fines levied on athletes who broke the code of the ancient Olympic Games. The name of the offending athlete was inscribed on the base. The Zanes were placed in a visible place at the entrance to the stadium as an example to those competing in the Games. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Decorative circular temple entablature from the Nymphaeum or Exedra of Herodes Atticus, Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The monumental two storey decorated fountain – aqueduct was donated by Herodes Atticus and his wife Regilla to the Sanctuary around the 2nd century AD. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • The 4th century BC circular Philippeion, a votive monument dedicated to Zeus. Ancient Olympia, Peloponnese. Greece. The building was named and begun by King Philip of Macedon after his victory at Chaironeia in 338 BC and completed by his son Alexander the Great. Part of the stylobate and three columns of the structure have been restored, originally it had 18 Ionic exterior columns and 9 engaged columns with Corinthian capitals in the cella. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic Games and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Priene. Turkey. The ruins and the five re-erected columns of the 4th century Temple of Athena Polias at Priene which was considered one of the finest examples of Classical Ionic architecture.  The designer of the temple was Pythius, the Greek architect who built The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and its construction was aided by the generous support of Alexander the Great who rested at Priene en-route to conquering Persia the Great. The building was totally destroyed by a massive earthquake during the middle ages.
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  • A water cistern located on the Acropolis beside the Commercial Agora at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • Part view of the Hellenistic State Agora, a wide rectangular area at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey. It is believed that there was temple of shrine where the lone tree is.
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  • The Grand Baths and Gymnasium complex at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • The Grand Baths and Gymnasium complex at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • Internal view of a large vaulted tomb, Eastern Necropolis, ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Antalya province, Southern Turkey.
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  • Ruins of a temple type grave at the Eastern Necropolis at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • General view of the Eastern Necropolis at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • Peristyle of a villa complex at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • Stage building external wall of the ancient Hellenistic theatre at the Lycian city of Arykanda, Antalya province Southern Turkey
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  • The Greek styled ancient Hellenistic theatre at the Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • The Greek styled ancient Hellenistic theatre at the Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • The Greek styled ancient Hellenistic theatre at the Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • Ornate doorway to a large vaulted tomb,Eastern Necropolis, ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Antalya province, Southern Turkey.
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  • Pediment of a temple type grave at the Eastern Necropolis at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, Southern Turkey.
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  • Peristyle of a villa complex at the ancient Lycian city of Arykanda, in the Antalya province of Southern Turkey.
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  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. View along a pathway lined with colourful plants of the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple was built around the mid-6th century BC as a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-035.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. View of the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple was built as a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-023.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy.  View of ancient Greek theatre of the ancient Greek colony of Metapontion or Metapontum. Partially restored, the theatre was built during the 6th century BC and was capable of seating 8000 spectators. Located on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy, the city was founded in the 7th century BC by Greek colonists from the western Peloponnese. The city prospered during the 6th-5th centuries BC and the great mathematician, philosopher and alchemist Pythagoras founded a school in Metapontion in 510 BC after his expulsion from Croton. It is said that he died here.
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-010.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. View of the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple was built as a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-006.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. View of the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple was built as a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-005.tif
  • Metapontion. Basilicata. Italy. View of the majestic Greek Doric Temple of Hera dating from the mid-6th century BC. Known as the Tavole Palatine, the elegant peripteral temple was built as a sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Hera, 3 kilometres from the ancient Greek urban centre of Metapontum or Metapontion on the Ionic coast of Basilicata in southern Italy. It has 15 Doric fluted columns still upright from its original 32 (6 x 12) and is one of the best preserved monuments of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece).
    Metaponto_Basilicata_Italy-001.tif
  • The ancient Roman road The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) heading towards The Arch of Drusus and Porta San Sebastiano (Appian gate), Southern Rome, Italy.
    Appia_Antica_Rome_Italy_028.tif
  • Rome. Italy. The ancient Roman road known as The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) located in the Park of the Appia Antica in Southern Rome.
    Appia_Antica_Rome_Italy_025.tif
  • Rome. Italy. The ancient Roman road known as The Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) located in the Park of the Appia Antica in Southern Rome.
    Appia_Antica_Rome_Italy_024.tif
  • The Tomb of Lucius Barbidius Communis and Pithia Rufilla on street Via delle Tombe, Porta Nocera, Pompeii Italy.
    Pompeii_Italy_202.tif
  • Part view of the Large Palaestra (sports field) built during the Augustan era, Pompeii Italy. In its centre it has a swimming pool and enclosing the field on three sides is a portico of Ionic Columns
    Pompeii_Italy_187.tif
  • The narrow paved street Vicolo dei Vettii with stepping stones to let pedestrians cross without getting wet feet, Pompeii Italy.
    Pompeii_Italy_171.tif
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