The Propylaea or Propylaia is the classical Greek Doric building complex that functioned as the monumental ceremonial gateway to the Acropolis of Athens. Built between 437 and 432 BC as a part of the
Propylaea east façade
Propylaea's conjectured original plan in gray, extant building in black
"Lifting bosses" on the Propylaea
Interior of the Central Hall
Parthenon
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The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, a
Propylaea (Acropolis of Athens)
…through to the plateau, passes under a double row of Ionic columns the capitals of which are orientated north-south, and is axially parallel with the Parthenon. The westward-projecting wings are attached to the central hall by way of a tristyle in antis Doric colonnade of a scale two-thirds of that of the…
The Parthenon in 1978
View of Athens from the Parthenon
The Doric order of the Parthenon
Reconstruction of the Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece