Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Temple of Olympian Zeus

Although only a few columns remain at Olympia Temple of Zeus in Athens did not take much imagination to realize that this is one of the giant temple. Its construction began in the 6th century BC during the reign of the tyrant of Athens, who envisaged building the greatest temple in the ancient world, but not completed until the reign of Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd century about 638 years after the project has begun.

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