#propylaea

[nike-apteros]

What was and what is....

The Acropolis, Propylaea, Erectheum, Temple of Athena Nike, Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion 🏛🏛

[whencyclopedes]

Columna

La columna fue un invento arquitectónico que permitió sostener los techos sin necesidad de usar muros macizos. Las columnas amplían el espacio que puede cubrirse con un techo, lo que facilita la entrada de más luz. También ofrecen una alternativa estética para el exterior de los edificios.

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[thewolfnessphotography]

Propylaea

Konigsplatz. Munich

[adunatos]

propylaea ov the acropolis ov athens

[classicalmonuments]

Temple of Bel  (3D)

Palmyra (Tadmor), Syria

32 CE

Part I (exterior) || Part II (interior) || Part III (surrounding precinct)

The Temple of Bel (Baal) was a temple located in Palmyra, and consecrated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra in triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol, who together formed the center of religious life in Palmyra.

The temple was built on a tell with stratification indicating human occupation that goes back to the third millennium BCE. The area was occupied in pre-Roman periods with a former temple that is usually referred to as "the first temple of Bel" and "the Hellenistic temple". The walls of the temenos and propylaea were constructed in the late first and the first half of the second century CE. The names of three Greeks who worked on the construction of the temple of Bel are known through inscriptions, including a probably Greek architect named Alexandras (Greek: Αλεξάνδρας). However, many Palmyrenes adopted Greco-Roman names and native citizens with the name Alexander are attested in the city.

A discussion of its architectural features demonstrates both the plurality of artistic and architectural styles in the ancient Mediterranean, and the numerous cultures that frequently overlapped and inter-mixed there. Although an inscription attests to the temple’s dedication in 32 CE, its completion was gradual with major architectural elements added over the course of the first and second centuries.

The organization of the temple's ground plan derive from the traditions of eastern ritual architecture, including independent shrines for distinct divinities and, notably, the bent-axis approach to the cult (i.e. the architecture requires the celebrant to enter the temple and turn 90 degrees in order to view the offering table and cult area). The architectural elements employed in the temple's elevation however, derive from the Graeco-Roman canon, including the use of the Corinthian order as well as various architectural elements of that adorn the frieze course and roofline .In its outward appearance, the temple seems to derive from the canon of Hellenistic Greek architecture .The temple itself sits within a bounded, architectural precinct measuring approximately 205 meters per side. This precinct, surrounded by a portico (a colonnaded entryway), encloses the temple of Bel as well as other cult buildings. The temple itself has a very deep foundation that supports a stepped platform. At the level of the stylobate (the platform atop the steps) the area measures 55 x 30 meters and the cella (the inner chamber of the temple that held the cult statue), stands over 14 meters in height and measures 39.45 x 13.86 meters.

Palmyra's remarkable 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel was demolished in an atrocious crime against mankind and history in August 2015 by the Islamic militant group ISIS. (post-destruction 3D)

Fragments in the courtyard

Sources: 1, 2, 3

[whencyclopedia]

Acropolis

An acropolis is any citadel or complex built on a high hill. The name derives from the Greek akro, "high" or "extreme/extremity" or "edge", and polis, "city", translated as "high city", "city on the edge" or "city in the air", the most famous being the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, built in the 5th century BCE.

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[annatateson]

Once again, I missed last week's Weekly Wemininscence because my life is a flaming ball of chaos at the moment (RIP my nanoreno goals... still gonna keep working on that project, though :D ) but here's a nice Acropolis painting that I did some years ago (is very big irl >:D ) featuring the Erechtheion (which goes by many spellings in English, seemingly) in the foreground and Propylaea (ditto) in the background!

You can also see some of the remnants of the OLD, old temple in front of the caryatid porch on the Erechtheion (it was destroyed by the Persians in 480BC and the Athenians took the opportunity to rebuild the sanctuary according to one cohesive vision).

I sold this painting to my lovely Physics teacher but it taught me that selling paintings is not for me because, while I do not regret the decision and am glad that it went to a good home, I do still miss it and do not want to sell any more! :D They are my babies <3

(I also feel like none of my paintings can ever have as much significance to someone else as they do to me, so they shall remain part of my HOARD)

[archimaps]

The Propylaea and the Temple of Athena Nike at the Acropolis, Athens