A temple built as a shrine to the ancient Greek god or goddess to whom it was dedicated

The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city

A vestibule or gateway of architectural importance before a temple area or other enclosure

An elevated place or structure upon which sacrifices are offered or incense burned in worship, or before which religious rites are performed

The principal chamber or enclosed part of a classical temple, where the cult image was kept. Also called naos.

The innermost chamber within the cella of a Greek or Roman temple, reserved for priests and oracles

A wide, low-pitched gable surmounting a colonnade or a major division of a facade

The triangular space enclosed by the horizontal and raking cornices of a pediment, often recessed and decorated with sculpture

A course of masonry forming the foundation for a row of columns, esp. the outermost colonnade of a classical temple

A solid mass of masonry visible above ground level and serving as the foundation of a building, esp. the platform forming the floor and substructure of a classical temple

The portable sanctuary in which the Hebrews carried the ark of the covenant through the desert until the building of the Temple of Jerusalem by Solomon

The innermost chamber in the biblical Tabernacle and the Temple in Jerusalem where the ark of the covenant was kept. Also called sanctum sanctorum.

The chest containing two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, carried by the Hebrews during their desert wanderings after the Exodus

The first Temple of Jerusalem, completed c. 950 BCE by Phoenician artisans under the direction of King Solomon and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BCE

The rear vestibule of a classical temple. Also called opisthodomos, posticum.

An open vestibule before the cella of a classical temple. Also called anticum.

A pedestal for a sculpture or ornament at the apex or at each of the lower corners of a pediment

An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles

A sculptured figure of a man used as a column

A sculptured female figure used as a column

A marketplace or public square in an ancient Greek city, usually surrounded with public buildings and porticoes and commonly used as a place for popular or political assembly

An ancient Greek portico, usually detached and of considerable length, used as a promenade or meeting place around public places

In ancient Greece, a piece of ground specially reserved and enclosed as a sacred place

An upright stone slab or pillar with a carved or inscribed surface, used as a monument or marker, or as a commemorative tablet in the face of a building

A building or place of assembly for Jewish worship and religious instruction

The platform in a synagogue from which services are conducted

The cabinet in a synagogue in which the scrolls of the Torah are kept, set into or against the wall that faces toward Jerusalem

A large oblong building used as a hall of justice and public meeting place in ancient Rome, typically having a high central space lit by a clerestory and covered by timber trusses, and a raised dais in a semicircular apse for the tribunal

A raised platform in an ancient Roman basilica for the seats of magistrates

A monumental memorial arch erected astride the line of march of a victorious army during its triumphal procession

The engaged columns and entablature framing an arch, as in a triumphal arch

Of or pertaining to a classical temple that is roofed over

Of or pertaining to a classical temple that is wholly or partly open to the sky

Having a colonnade at one or each end, with engaged columns at the sides

Having two rows of columns on all sides

Having an arrangement of columns suggesting a dipteral structure but without the inner colonnade

The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city, the center of judicial and business affairs, and a place of assembly for the people, usually including a basilica and a temple

A temple dedicated to all the gods of a people

A monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose remains are buried elsewhere

A convex, usually semicircular portico

A circular colonnade or peristyle open at the center

A circular building having a single row of columns surrounding a central structure or a courtyard

Having two columns in front between antae

A rectangular pier or pilaster formed by thickening the end of a projecting wall

Having a portico on the front only

Without a colonnade along the sides

Prostyle on both fronts

Having a single row of columns on all sides

A colonnade parallel to, but apart from the cella

The passage between the pteron and the cella