In Ancient Olympia (4)
The Philippeion
The Philippeion in the Altis of Olympia was an Ionic circular memorial in limestone and marble and It was made by the Athenian sculptor Leochares in celebration of Philip's victory at the battle of Chaeronea (338 BC). It was the only structure inside the Altis dedicated to a human.
The temple consisted of an outer colonnade of Ionic order with 18 columns. Inside, it had nine engaged half-columns of the lavishly- designed Corinthian order. It had a diameter of 15 metres.
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alexander stefanatos 26/03/2015 23:18
The battle of Cheroneia(338 BC), signified the absolute supremacy of Macedonians over Athens and opened the way for united Greeks under Alexander towards East.A very beautiful picture of the Philippeion columns.
regards alexander
LadyNoone 26/03/2015 21:40
Memories of the harmony... :)Markus 4 26/03/2015 9:07
da bekomme ich richtig Sehnsucht auf klassische Altertuemer!Habedieehre
Markus
SINA 25/03/2015 11:17
eine grossartige Serie ist Dir hier gelungen mit diesen Aufnahmen der historisch Stätte!!!!herzliche Grüße von Sina
lolita cecilia 24/03/2015 23:05
Magnífico encuadre...Bellísima imagen con un B&N fantástico...
Nítida y bien realizada...
Un abrazo Adele
Lola
Carlo.Pollaci 24/03/2015 22:16
Beautiful shot, which exalts the grandeur of the temple.All the best,
Carlo
Rainer Golembiewski 24/03/2015 18:51
schöne Dokumentation der alten Stätte............!Mirjam Burer 24/03/2015 16:28
another fine document and good image in b/w Adele..thank you for all the information..
hugs
Claudio Micheli 24/03/2015 13:14
Splendida!Ciao
Pierre LAVILLE 24/03/2015 13:06
Superbe !!++++++++
Amitiés bises . Bon après-midi.
Pierre
Christian Villain 24/03/2015 9:57
Excellente mise en page de ces ruines ,le feuillage de cet arbre immense adoucit l'image . le choix du NB là aussi est judicieux en ce sens qu'il évoque les photos anciennes .Bravo .
Mauro Tomassetti 24/03/2015 9:51
Fascinating place and great b&w!!hugs Mauro
aline64 24/03/2015 8:40
Une prise magnifique et toute ta série est belle pour çe passé antiqueAmicalement
Mark Billiau. 24/03/2015 8:19
Well composed capture of this very interesting historical site !!Mark
Agapy 24/03/2015 8:07
Merkwürdig, aber dieses Foto stelle ich mir lieber in Farbe mit silbrig glänzenden Olivenbäumen und tiefblauem Himmel vor. Immer wieder muß man vor allem auch die Anmut dieser Architektur bewundern.LG Roswitha