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Rhodes, Church of Saint Mary of the Castle - Greece Rhodes Church of Saint Mary of the Castle, the main nave and the apse 11th - 13th century

427049 - Rhodes, Church of Saint Mary of the Castle

Jordan, Petra, The Great temple detail of a capital - Capitello a forma di elefante del grande tempio - Jordan Petra The Great temple detail of a capital in form of a elephant 1st century bce - 1st century ad The symmetry of the building adds greatly to its attractiveness. Its outer walls measure 54m x 140m. It is constructed on two levels. Stairs lead up from the street to a large colonnaded courtyard (lower temenos, or lower terrace). More stairs lead up from the courtyard to an upper terrace with remains of a columned hall and a small theater. The site was built out in two phases. The upper terrace was constructed first, sometime in the first century BC. It connected to the street by a central staircase. Upon the terrace, a building was raised that early surveyors first interpreted as a temple but that now looks, after further work, more like an assembly hall of some kind. The second phase of construction occurred sometime in the first century AD. A lower terrace was cut below the original one, obliterating the central staircase, and a retaining wall was built to separate the two levels. The new terrace was lined on each side by a roofed triple colonnade with exedra, and connected to the upper terrace by new stairways on either side. The upper terrace was also remodeled at this time, when the interior of its columned hall was converted into a small theatre. Giordania Petra Capitello a forma di elefante del grande tempio I sec a.C.- I sec dC

P3100518 - Jordan, Petra, The Great temple detail of a capital - Capitello a forma di elefante del grande tempio

greece, messene, asklepieion, hall of artemis - greece, peloponnese, messene, ithome, asklepieion, hall of artemis 4th-3rd century bce

424221 - greece, messene, asklepieion, hall of artemis