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The roof, now fallen, was supported by 134 columns in 16 rows. The largest columns are 10m in circumference and 24m high.
La columna en sà mide 36 metros de altura y una vez sumada la altura del grupo escultórico que la corona, alcanza en total 45 metros, que es equivalente a la de un edificio de 15 pisos. La columna tritóstila está estructurada en acero y recubierta con piezas labradas de cantera de Chiluca decoradas con palmas, guirnaldas y dos anillos que llevan los nombres de 8 de los héroes de la Independencia: AgustÃn de Iturbide, Juan Aldama, Ignacio Allende, López Rayón, Hermenegildo Galeana, Mariano Matamoros, Guadalupe Victoria y Manuel Mier y Terán.
A textured column at the State Services Center (also called the Government Service Center and the State Health, Education and Welfare Services Center) on Staniford Street. Designed by architect Paul Rudolph.
Moscow.Moscow. "House of Demidov in Basman settlement", garden elevation, architect M.Kazakov Gorokhovsky lane 4 (1791 ?)
Western Australian sculptor Victor Wager carved the statues of Socrates and Diotima for the sum of £75 each.
The statue of Socrates was commissioned in 1931. It was a gift to The University of Western Australia from its Vice Chancellor Professor H.E. Whitfeld.
Winthrop Hall be dedicated to Socrates, the ancient Greek thinker of the 5th century BC. It was thought that he would be the ideal symbol of the spirit of free discussion and scientific inquiry from which Universities arose
The statue is located on the west side of Winthrop Hall at the north end of the building.
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The Market gate of Miletus dates from about 120 AD. It is almost 17m high and 29m wide.The well preserved elements of the gate, which were destroyed by an earthquake around the year 1100, were dug up by Theodor Wiegand during the museum's excavations (1899–1913).
Miletus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia.
Pergamon Museum, Berlin
December 27, 2018 - "Rising over 700m above the Jordan Valley, Mount Nebo offers spectacular views of the Promised Land as seen by Moses. On the platform at the summit is a modern sculpture by an Italian artist representing Moses' staff and Jesus' words in John 3: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up."
Elements of a triple-apse Byzantine basilica were uncovered by archaeologists in the 1930s, and have been incorporated into the structure of the modern church building, known as the Memorial Church of Moses. The modern additions to the church are very simple, consisting of little more than a shelter over the fascinating excavations and ancient mosaic floors.
Just inside the entrance to the left is the excavated Old Baptistery, which has one of the most interesting ancient mosaics in Jordan. The baptistery and the mosaic can be precisely dated to August 531 thanks to a Greek inscription, which also names the three workers who created it and the bishop at the time (Elias).
The Old Baptistery mosaic is in remarkably pristine condition because another one was laid over it just a few decades later in 597. The underlying mosaic remained hidden for nearly 1,400 years until it was discovered in 1976 when the one on top was removed for restoration (it now hangs on a wall).
The mosaic of 531 is a large square divided into four strips of scenes of men and animals, surrounded by a chain-style border. The top two sections depict fierce hunting scenes: a shepherd fighting a lion, a soldier fighting a lioness, and two horseback hunters defeating a bear and wild boar.
The lower scenes are pastoral but with a touch of the exotic: a shepherd watching his goat and sheep graze in the shade of trees; an ostrich on a leash held by a dark-skinned man; and a boy holding the leashes of a zebra and a spotted animal that looks very much like a camel but might be intended to represent a giraffe.
There are more mosaics in the nave and side aisles of the church, including some fragments of the 597 mosaic pavement. The oldest mosaic in the church is a braided cross displayed on the south wall.
Also hanging here are mosaics of animals from the Church of George in Mukhayyat. One of these is from 536 and has an inscription that some believe is the earliest example of Arabic script in Jordan (others argue it is old Aramaic).
In the far right-hand corner of the church is the New Baptistery (597 AD), which was previously a funerary chapel. It includes a small mosaic originally from the threshold bearing the greeting, "Peace to all."
Next to the New Baptistry, a lovely mosaic cross from the original 4th-century church stands on a modern altar in its original location. A photograph of the Pope praying at the same altar is proudly displayed.
Next to the exit door is the Theotokos Chapel, added in the 7th century where three rooms of the monastery previously stood. Its apse has a mosaic of a square object that may be a ciborium (vessel for the Eucharist) or altar canopy, accompanied by bulls and gazelles. The floor of the chapel is paved with mosaics of plants and flowers." Previous text from the following website: www.sacred-destinations.com/jordan/mount-nebo
www.crt.state.la.us/parks/irosedown.aspx
The columns on the porch of the library wing were SO lovely.. we just had to embrace them ! This wing and the bedroom wing on the opposite end of the house were added to the main house some years after its construction.
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