Temple of Olympian Zeus

Temple of Olympian Zeus

Temple of Olympian Zeus

The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, also known as the Olympieion, was built over several centuries starting in 174 BCE and only finally completed by Roman emperor Hadrian in 131 CE. Its unusually tall columns and ambitious layout made the temple one of the largest ever built in the ancient world. File:Corinthian Columns of Temple of Olympian Zeus – Joy of Museum.jpg by Joyofmuseums and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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