Temple of Poseidon.


	Temple of Poseidon.

ofcapri

3-26-2009 9:05 AM

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poseidon

ofcapri says:

classical architecture

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3-26-2009 1:20 PM

tanyamm

Love that architectural style. Gonna have a house like that someday!

3-26-2009 1:31 PM

ofcapri

tanyamm- Best of luck in having that dream come true!

3-26-2009 4:20 PM

carrerinyes

Fantastic sunsets can be seen there

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      most beautiful monuments of classical architecture,
      the Temple of Poseidon.  The elegant silhouette
      of the temple perched atop a high cliff was admired
      already in antiquity, but then and later it was often
      mistakenly called a temple of Athena because a temple
      dedicated to the goddess was situated on an opposite
      hill.  The Temple of Poseidon was built between
      444 and 440 BC, perhaps in connection with Pericles'
      extensive construction program in Athens and
      Attica.  According to scholars, the building was
      constructed by the same architect who designed the
      Temple of Hephaistos at the <A target="fr2" href="http://tars.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Greek/agora.html">Ancient Agora</A> in Athens. 
      Both temples featured 6 Doric columns on short sides and 13
      on long.   Only 15 columns  are still
      standing  today.  The columns are unusual
      because they have only 16 flutes instead of the
      customary 20.  The smaller number of flutes was
      supposed to make the temple more resistant to erosion
      caused by the sea.</B></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/50BB15BD-4302-4681-BC08-7DFA9F5A886F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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