Greece Gallery

Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns

Classical styles of columns - Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian architecture.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Parthenon. Athens. Greece

Greece. Athens. Parthenon. 447-438 BC. in Doric style under leadership of Pericles. The building was designed by the architects Ictinos and Callicrates. Acropolis

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Colossus Of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios measuring 34 metres, towers over the island's harbour, circa 250 BC. Completed in 280 BC, it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but was destroyed by an earthquake in 224 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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