Acropolis – XXIII: Inside the Parthenon
Northeast section of the Doric pteron encircling the temple. The Parthenon architectural design shows a pteron of 8 × 17 Doric columns on a three-stepped substructure (26.19 m × 69.61 m) encircling the cella with six more columns on the front and back ends (amphiprostyle with peristasis).
The photo shows the intersection between the north and the east sections of the external colonnade. In correspondence of the main east façade, two of the six columns erected in front of the cella and defining the pronaos. Some remains of the cella walls and its entrance are here recognizable.
Source: H.R. Goette, “Athens, Attica and the Megarid – An Archaeological Guide”
The Parthenon
Designed by Iktinos, Kallikrates
448–432 BC
Acropolis – XXIII: Inside the Parthenon
Northeast section of the Doric pteron encircling the temple. The Parthenon architectural design shows a pteron of 8 × 17 Doric columns on a three-stepped substructure (26.19 m × 69.61 m) encircling the cella with six more columns on the front and back ends (amphiprostyle with peristasis).
The photo shows the intersection between the north and the east sections of the external colonnade. In correspondence of the main east façade, two of the six columns erected in front of the cella and defining the pronaos. Some remains of the cella walls and its entrance are here recognizable.
Source: H.R. Goette, “Athens, Attica and the Megarid – An Archaeological Guide”
The Parthenon
Designed by Iktinos, Kallikrates
448–432 BC