Ancient Greek architecture
Modern Greek architecture
After the Fall of Constantinople and the following trends of Greek migration to the diaspora, Greek architecture was concentrated mainly…
Acropolis
An acropolis is a settlement, especially a citadel, built upon an area of elevated ground—frequently a hill with precipitous sides,…
Theatre of ancient Greece
The ancient Greek drama was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from c. 700 BC. The city-state of…
Influences of Ancient Greek temple
Greek temples were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion. The temple interiors did…
Ancient Greek architecture
The architecture of ancient Greece is the architecture produced by the Greek-speaking people (Hellenic people) whose culture flourished on the…
Phallic architecture
Phallic architecture consciously or unconsciously creates a symbolic representation of the phallus. Buildings intentionally or unintentionally resembling the human penis…
Atlas in architecture
In classical European architecture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante or atlantid; plural atlantes) is a support…
Antefix
An antefix (from Latin antefigere, to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates the covering tiles of a tiled…
Antae temple
An Antae Temple, also a Distyle in antis Temple, is a special name given to a type of ancient Greek…
Anta capital
An Anta capital is the crowning portion of an anta, the front edge of a supporting wall in Greek temple…
Anta in architecture
An anta (pl. antæ) (Latin, possibly from ante, 'before' or 'in front of'), or sometimes parastade is an architectural term…
Anathyrosis
Anathyrosis is the technical word for the ancient method of dressing the joints of stone blocks in dry stone construction,…