The temple in the ancient Greek world was perhaps the most recognisable building in the urban landscape. Typically constructed in an eye-catching location using the finest of marble, they were the focus of Greek religious practices and could house magnificent treasures and monumental stautes of the Greek gods on the inside and display some of the greatest of Greek sculpture on the outside. Built wherever the Greeks colonized across the Mediterranean world, they would go on to influence the Romans and, even today, their architectural features can be seen across the world in all manner of public buildings. To read more on temples see Ancient History Encyclopedia’s definition, Temples in the Ancient World.

Temple of Apollo, Naxos

Temple of Apollo, Corinth

Temple of Hera, Selinus

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Temple of Concordia, Agrigento

Temple of Poseidon, Sounion

Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens

Doric Temple of Segesta

All images were taken by the author and can be seen on the Ancient History Encyclopedia website.