Columns Collection (#7)

Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

The Acropolis illuminated by floodlight, Athens, Greece

Roman Agora, Athens, Greece

Westminster Abbey, a UNESCO World heritage site, London, England

Paphos Archaelogical Park, Paphos, Cyprus

The Tombs of the Kings, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pahos Archaelogical Park, Paphos, Cyprus

The Sanctuary of Apollo Hylates, Kourion, Limassol, Cyprus

Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The Badenburg Lake with Monopteros

Forum Romanum and in backgrond column of Traiano and the churches of Santa Maria of Loreto and Santissimo name of Maria, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Ruins of ancient Hierapolis, Pamukkale, Anatolia, Turkey

Temple of Tyche, Side, Turkey

State Agora, Side, Turkey

Apollo Temple, Side, Turkey

Europe, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Antrim, Ulster Region, Giants Causeway, a woman stands on the basalt rocks at the Giants Causeway

USA, Georgia, Athens, The Taylor-Grady House, Greek Revival-style ante-bellum mansion, built 1845

USA, Alabama, Montgomery, Alabama State Capitol

USA, Florida, White Springs, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, Gateway To The Suwannee River Wilderness Trail, Antebellum Styled House Is The Museum

Main temple (2nd century), Sbeitla, Tunisia

Temple of Athena, Ancient City of Priene, Turkey

Temple of Trajan, Bergama (Pergamum), Turkey

Syria, Palmyra Ruins (UNESCO Site), Tetrapylon

Excavated Roman City, Volubilis, Morocco, North Africa

Italy, Rome, Via della Greca, Piazza Bocca della Verita, Forum Boarium, Temple of Hercules Victor

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Forum at sunrise

November 2014
Western Europe, Southern Europe, Lazio, Italia, Italian, Italy, European, Europe, Rome, captial cities, capital city, cities, city, Rome, Roman, Roman, illumination, illuminated, Vatican City

Facade sculpture of Church of the Holy Cross (Chiesa di Santa Croce), Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Temple of Athena (500 BC), Paestum, Campania, Italy

Majolica Cloister (1742) of Santa Chiara church, Naples, Campania, Italy

Temple of Poseidon (450 BC), Paestum, Campania, Italy

Temple of Juno Lacinia (450 BC), Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

Doric temple, Segesta, Sicily, Italy

Italy, Lazio, Rome, The Colosseum illuminated at night

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Trajans Column

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Piazza Venezia, View looking towards Vittorio Emanuele II Monument

The Palaestra at Olympia, Arcadia, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

The Philippeion, Olympia, Arcadia, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Arcadia, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

Temple of Apollo at Dusk, Ancient Corinth, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

The Ancient City of Kamiros, Rhodes, Greece

Temple of Apollo, Corinth, The Peloponnese, Greece, Southern Europe

Isarael, Negev, Avdat, built in the 1st century by the Nabateans. A world Heritage Site as part of the Spice Route, ruins of the Northern Church

Israel, Upper Galilee. The remains of the ancient Synagogue in Baram

Greece, Athens, Ancient Agora, Temple of Hephaestus

Greece, Attica, Cape Sounion, Temple of Poseidon

The Parthenon, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

Greece, Attica, Cape Sounion, Sounio bay and the Temple of Poseidon

Tjmb of Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam, Hue, Vietnam

Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, The Colonnade

Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, The First Court, Statues of Ramesses II

Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple, Temple of Amun

Egypt, Luxor, West Bank, Medinat Habu Temple

Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple, Hypostyle hall

Egypt, Upper Egypt, Aswan, Agilkia Island, Philae Temple Complex, Temple of Isis

Egypt, Edfu, Temple and Statue of Orus (the Hawk God, Protector of Osiris)

Egypt, Kom Ombo, Dual Temple of Sobek and Haroerus, Hypostyle Hall

Egypt, Luxor, Karnak, Temple of Amun, Great Hypostyle Hall

Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, Avenue of Sphinxes

Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple, The hypostyle portico

Egypt, Luxor, Luxor Temple

UK, London, St. Pauls Cathedral

Peristyle, Split, Dalmatia, Croatia

Neoclassical Pancyprian Gymnasium Prestigous High School, South Nicosia, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

12th Century Stone Church of Agia Kyriaki, Pathos, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Collonades of the Gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus

Temple of Apollo, Kourion, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Tunisia, Tunis, Carthage, Roman Villas

Tunisia, Tunis, Carthage, Antonine Baths

Cuba, Cienfuegos, Paseo Del Prado, Vintage taxi outside Cafe Cantante Benny More, named after the master of most genres of Cuban music

Temple of Apollo, Didyma, Turkey

Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Temple of Gens Septimia, Ruins of ancient city Cuicul, Djemila, Setif Province, Algeria

Jordan, Jerash, overview of Roman-era city ruins, columns

Italy, Lazio, Rome, Forum

Italy, Sardinia, Oristano Region, Sinis Peninsula, Tharros, ruins of ancient Phoenician city, Roman era columns

Syria, Homs Governate, Palmyra. The Tetrapylon

Detail of the Roman Theatre of Merida, a construction promoted by the consul Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, dating back to the year 15 BCE. A Unesco World Heritage Site. Merida, Spain

Lotus Mandapa (Latha Mandapaya), Quadrangle, Polonnaruwa (UNESCO World Heritage Site), North Central Province, Sri Lanka

Panoramic view over Barcelona from Montjuic in a snow day, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Greece, Attica, Athens, The Temple Of Zeus, also known as the Olympieion

Greece, Attica, Athens, Cape Sounio, Temple of Poseidon

The Acropolis of Lindos, Lindos, Rhodes, Greece

Statues at Achilleion Palace, Corfu, The Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Couple Walking Through Corfu Old Town, Corfu, The Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

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