Built around 125 A.D. by the Roman emperor Publius Aelius Hadrianus ... a pediment – a triangular top – and two rows of Corinthian columns. The interior was sweeping and airy, capped by ...

architects began to look elsewhere for design inspiration and soon became fascinated with ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The round columns with the traditional Doric, Ionic and Corinthian ...

But the Roman emperor’s palace is actually one ... Waiting in line at the bank, I lean against a Corinthian column. At noon, I peek outside my little window, which looks down on the palace ...

Ancient wonders from around the world were also presented at the fair, the most impressive foreign artifact being a 30-foot-tall Roman ... The Corinthian topped pillar, known as The Column of ...

Set back from the street, its porch of towering Roman Corinthian columns, more ornate than the Greek order of the same name, spoke of an elegant past, music echoing from large, first floor rooms ...

Restoration of a 2,000-year-old Roman colonnade is underway in the ancient city of Amastris in Bartın, Turkey, in what is considered the most monumental Roman-era marble structure of the Black ...

This stunning 12,650-square-foot home is made with custom hand-carved limestone on all four sides of its exterior, complete with granite patios and granite Roman Corinthian columns. Located on 3 ...

the carved capital of a Corinthian column (est €400 to €600) sold for €3,400. All three went to a private collector outside the country. Because the Romans never conquered Ireland, Roman ...

Columns featuring acanthus leaves are known as Corinthian columns, and they first appeared around 550 BCE. A Roman writer named Vitruvius explained the ornamentation by creating a legend about a ...

Wander along the site today and you will be amazed at the exterior detail. Roman Corinthian columns rise into an ornate entablature detailed with lions’ heads, dentils and intricate moldings.