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Erecteión
Su construcción se inició en el año 421 a. C., durante la tregua de la Paz de Nicias en la guerra del Peloponeso, reemplazando el antiguo templo arcaico de Atenea que había sido destruido por los persas durante las Guerras Médicas.
Está formado por un edificio central con planta irregular, adecuado al desnivel del terreno, que comprende dos partes sin comunicación entre ellas: al este es un santuario dedicado a Atenea de tipo hexástilo, con unas columnas de orden jónico; al oeste está formado por dos capillas con doble culto: una a Erecteo y Poseidón y la otra a Hefesto y Butes.24 En el acceso a estas salas se encontraba la fuente de agua salada que supuestamente Poseidón hizo brotar con un golpe de su tridente durante la disputa con Atenea. Tiene una stoa en la parte norte, con columnas y en la parte sur es donde se encuentra la Tribuna de las Cariátides, con seis columnas con figura de mujer de 230 cm de altura, realizadas por Calímaco, un ayudante de Fidias. Las que se pueden ver in situ son copias de las cinco que se encuentran en el Museo de la Acrópolis y de una sexta que hay en el Museo Británico.25
El Erecteión mostraba un friso que recorría los lados del edificio, formado por figuras de mármol montadas sobre lápidas de piedra calcárea negra de la ciudad de Eleusis. Se ha conservado una lápida de la segunda etapa de su construcción, donde se pueden leer los 130 nombres de los trabajadores y su paga, una dracma diario, que era la misma que la que recibía el arquitecto.26
View from the Corso ot San Giacomo in Augusta. A 14th c. church was reconstructed and enlarged at the end of the 16th c. The facade was begun by F.da Volterra and finished by C.Maderno. Interior of the church has a fine elliptical plan and vault fresco by Silverio Capparoni. The name derives from the nearby Mausoleum of Augustus.
Detail on Marylebone Town Hall.
This is above the side entrance to the building - such detail to a relatively minor part of the building.
The building is a magnificent post-Edwardian Classical structure; it was built between 1914-20, and designed by Sir Edwin Cooper.
#Temple of #Hephaistos in central Athens, Greece, is the best-preserved ancient #Greektemple in the world, but is far less well-known than its illustrious neighbour, the Parthenon.
It was dedicated to Hephaestus, the god of smiths and metal-workers.
Hephaestus
#Godoffire , #volcanoes , #metalworking , #artisans , #metallurgy , #carpenters , #forges #sculpting , and #blacksmiths
St. Paul's Cathedral was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and was completed in 1677.
The cathedral is a grade I listed building.
Waterfield Reliquary - Nashville, TN.
I climbed atop one of the columns and from this spot I LEAPED onto Joel's back and rode him around like an Ostrich until he fell to the ground. I then began wailing away on his head. Then I took his gear bag and ran away. I came back five minutes later and said, "That was pretty funny, huh Joel?"
Courtyard adjacent to S. Andrea delle Fratte. Tower and campanile by Boromini. Designed by Gaspare Guerra beginning in 1604, revamped by Boromini in 1653. The Renaissance-style facade was completed in 1826.
Nashville, TN. - (Nashville Photography Group Meetup; Centennial Park @ Sunset and Downtown).
View On Black Recommended.
Let there be no mistake as to who owns this horse drawn carriage! For a small fee this little dog will drive you wherever you want to go.
Drum and campanile beyond of S. Andrea delle Fratte from Via Capo Le Case. Tower and campanile by Boromini. Designed by Gaspare Guerra beginning in 1604, revamped by Boromini in 1653. The Renaissance-style facade was completed in 1826.