Sunday, 16 March 2014

Temple of Olympian Zeus / from west


Colossal in size and colossal in project over-run, having been started in 515 BC and finally completed c.130 AD. Vitruvius described it as one of the most famous marble buildings ever constructed. Athens, Greece.

(CC-by-SA - anyone can freely use this size file anywhere, provided accompanied by the credit: Photo by George Rex.)