Download Ancient Greek Temples
Background. Ancient greek temples were rarely used this way. The most important and widespread building type in ancient greece was the temple.
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. The temple in the ancient greek world was perhaps the most recognisable building in the urban landscape. Reconstruction of the east site of parthenon.
This list of ancient greek temples covers temples built by the hellenic people from the 6th century bc until the 2nd century ad on mainland greece and in hellenic towns in the aegean islands, asia minor, sicily and italy (magna graecia), wherever there were greek colonies.
The temples of neptune and hera are located next to each other at the southern end of the site, while the. This type of architecture was produced by the hellenic people whose culture thrived on mainland greece. They believed each temple they built should honor only one god. The greek temples you will learn about in this lesson were constructed between 550 bc and 450 bc.