What is an example of a Greek column?

The most iconic example of Doric columns is the Parthenon, which was built in the 5th century BCE to honour the Greek goddess Athena. The Parthenon is what is known as a peripteral Doric temple in that columns are located not only in the front of the structure but along the sides as well.



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The United States Capitol, home of the U.S. Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government stands tall on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall. With its columns and main gable, it is a building in the characteristic ancient Greek style.

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The most iconic example of Doric columns is the Parthenon, which was built in the 5th century BCE to honour the Greek goddess Athena. The Parthenon is what is known as a peripteral Doric temple in that columns are located not only in the front of the structure but along the sides as well.

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The colonnade is one of the main features of Greek architecture. Some modern buildings that are based on this style include the Oslo Trading Building in Norway, the Ionic order columns that flank the Chamber of Commerce in Dougherty County, Georgia and the columned porches of old Southern plantations.

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Columns in this style can be found inside and outside of the buildings on Capitol Hill, including the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court Building, the Russell Senate Office Building, the Cannon House Office Building and the Library of Congress.

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The most iconic example of Doric columns is the Parthenon, which was built in the 5th century BCE to honour the Greek goddess Athena. The Parthenon is what is known as a peripteral Doric temple in that columns are located not only in the front of the structure but along the sides as well.

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Columns were carved of local stone, usually limestone or tufa; in much earlier temples, columns would have been made of wood. Marble was used in many temples, such as the Parthenon in Athens, which is decorated with Pentelic marble and marble from the Cycladic island of Paros.

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The Greek Doric columns are squatter and more massive than the Roman versions – the entasis or swelling of the column is often more pronounced, and the capital is larger, projecting further over the shaft. They are without a base, placed instead directly on the stylobate – the top step of the colonnade's platform.

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The Columns of the Roman Forum Columns were a popular architectural element in ancient Roman architecture and you can see very many of them inside the Roman Forum.

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Corinthian columns were the last and most decorative of the Greek columns, adding decorative base, fluted column and caps that included acanthus leaves and carved detailing.

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In this legacy belong the multiple attempts at replicating the Parthenon of Athens.
  1. Nashville's Parthenon, Tennessee.
  2. Walhalla, Regensburg. ...
  3. The National Monument Of Scotland, Edinburgh. ...
  4. Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. ...
  5. Federal Hall National Memorial, New York. ...
  6. Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia. ...


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The Acropolis of Athens The Acropolis is a fortified complex of buildings—many of which designed to honor the Greek gods—built in the fifth century BCE atop a hill in Athens. The site includes the Propylaia, the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike, and the Parthenon—a temple to the goddess Athena.

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