Ancient Greek architects counteracted the deformity that comes with visual perspective. Objects appear smaller as they are farther away, and as Greek temples were “buildings in which merits and faults usually last forever” 1 it was important that all parts …
Category: Greece
(rost8668– flickr/creative commons license) The Orthodox church is reached from Spili through a narrow gorge with vertical cliffs and across the Megapotamos River. While many monasteries in the area lie in ruin, the town recently rebuilt this church because of …
Polykleitos the Younger designed the 4th century theater of Epidaurus near the town of Epidavros in Greece on the Saronic Gulf. It was built on Argolis, the reputed birthplace of Apollo’s son Asclepius, the god of healing. Healing – The …