Esther's photos with the keyword: columns

Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral Montreal, Canada AP1000568

View from the Palantine Hill - Rome AIMG 8837

Roman Forum West - AIMG 8773

Roman Forum East - Temple of Antoninus and Faustina "The temple was begun in 141 AD by the Emperor Antoninus Pius and was initially dedicated to his deceased and deified wife, Faustina the Elder. When Antoninus Pius was deified after his death in 161 AD, the temple was re-dedicated jointly to Antoninus and Faustina at the instigation of his successor, Marcus Aurelius. The building stands on a high platform of large peperino blocks. The later of two dedicatory inscriptions says, "Divo Antonino et Divae Faustinae Ex S.C." meaning, “To the divine Antoninus and to the divine Faustina by decree of the Senate.” The ten monolithic Corinthian columns of its pronaos are 17 metres (56 ft)=tall. The rich bas-reliefs of the frieze under the cornice, of garlanded griffons and candelabri, were often copied from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Antoninus_and_Faustina AIMG 8778

The Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounion near Athens, Greece was built between 444 and 440 BC. Cape Sounion is the spot where, according to legend, Aegeus, the king of Athens, leapt to his death off the cliff in the mistaken belief that his son had perished. The Aegean Sea was named after him. AIMG_3866