#doric column

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Day 2355, 3 December 2024

Monument to the Great Fire of London which is oddly immediately outside Monument Underground Station. What a coincidence!

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Oakdale, Woodbine, Howard & Carroll counties, Maryland, United States

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Cape of the Column

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

The ancient Greek colony of Kroton, modern-day Crotone, was one of the most important cities in southern Italy. On a cape near Crotone, the Temple of Juno Lacinia was built between the 6th and 5th century BC. According to legend, the mythical hero Hercules founded the temple here, on a promontory high above the sea, where it was easily visible from ships sailing between the Greek colonies on the Ionian Sea.

The imposing temple quickly became one of the main religious structures of Magna Graecia (the Roman name for the ancient Greek colonies along the southern coast of Italy) and was described by contemporaries as the most beautiful temple in southern Italy. Originally dedicated to the Greek goddess Hera, after the Roman conquest, the temple was dedicated to Roman equivalent, Juno. It was used until the 4th century, probably abandoned after the Edict of Thessalonika in 380 declared Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire.

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The columns of the Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens, Greece

Greece | Ancient ruins | Athens

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The capital to the Roman Doric Column is shown along with the bands and enriched moldings of the Doric architrave. The key features of the capital are fully enriched. These features are part of the architecture under the stairway in the Vatican Museum.

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From The Harvard Lampoon, 1877.

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The “Heraion” of Olympia is a temple of ancient Greece.

It was built in 600 BC in honor of the goddess Hera (called “Juno” in ancient Rome).

It is one of the oldest Doric temples.

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Doors flanked with pilasters and a pediment creates grand visual interest.  Because we are 100% custom we are able to work with you to create your own grand entrance.  We are currently creating an entrance with pilasters and a pediment inspired by Doric style column and entablature.

Several styles of classical or neoclassical architecture are defined by the type of column and entablature they use. A column consists of a shaft together with its base and its capital. The column supports a section of an entablature, which establishes the upper horizontal part of a classical architecture and is composed of an architrave, frieze, and cornice. The design of the capital is the most distinguishing characteristic of a particular column style. There are five major orders: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite.