Title

The Tholos Heroon of Phylakos at Delphi, Greece. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

The Tholos Heroon of Phylakos at Delphi, Greece. The tholos is a circular building which was created between 380 and 360 BC at the centre of the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. It was constructed with 20 Doric columns on its exterior diameter. The building stands 13.5 metres tall at the centre of the Athena Pronaia sanctuary, and its interior columns were of the Corinthian order.

Date

1970

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D74_147

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (1,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5129 x 3419 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe building buildings architecture continent European color colour ruins archaeology ruin Greece column pillar pillars location century photograph Corinthian ruined archaeological site sanctuary archeology Doric Tholos Ancient Greece sanctuary of athena pronaia Ancient Greek 4th century BC ancient site TGN photograph Sites & Photos Samuel Magal Tholos Heroon of Phylakos Magal Samuel photograph