Showing posts with label Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 September 2008

Overview of Delphi's ruins

Sunday, 31 August 2008

Entering Delphi slideshow

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

The way to the Tholos temple of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia

Delphi Tholos


The sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, and the Tholos.

The tholos is a circular building which was created between 380 and 360 BC at the center of the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. It is constructed with 20 Doric columns on its exterior diameter which measures 14.76m.

The building stands 13.5 meters tal lat the center of the Athena Pronaia sanctuary, and its interior columns were of the Corinthian order.


Let's go inside...