Sunday, October 25, 2015

Aerial view of the Temple of Apollo


Temple of Apollo
One of the most ambitious projects of the Hellenistic period 
Didyma, Turkey
Begun 300 BCE
Replaced the Archaic temple at the site the Persians burned in 494 BCE 
2 Architects: Paionios of Ephesos and Daphnis of Miletos
Work continued off and on for 500 years and was still never completed

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