What type of columns are on the Acropolis of Athens?

It is made of Pentelic marble and is made of 8 Doric columns on each of the narrow sides and 17 columns on each of the long side. The most amazing fact about this perfect achievement is that its columns are made in a zigzag to give the impression that its foundations are straight.



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The Parthenon was designed and built in the Doric style, while also incorporating some Ionic elements. Doric architecture features fluted columns without bases, topped with simple capitals, or tops, that are rectangular.

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The Parthenon combines elements of the Doric and Ionic orders. Basically a Doric peripteral temple, it features a continuous sculpted frieze borrowed from the Ionic order, as well as four Ionic columns supporting the roof of the opisthodomos.

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Architecture. The Pantheon consists of a 34m by 13.6m 'pronaos', or portico, and a 43.2m inner diameter circular 'cella', or main temple, crowned by a dome. The pronaos has three rows of Corinthian columns that stand 14 meters tall. Each weighs 60 tons.

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Why there are no straight lines in the Parthenon? In order for the temple to maintain a symmetrical and light appearance, straight lines weren't the best. The Greeks resorted to the Entasis, which is a very light curve voluntarily made on the central part of the shafts of the columns.

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There a five different orders or styles of columns. The first three orders, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian, are the three principal architectural orders of ancient architecture. They were developed in ancient Greece but also used extensively in Rome. The final two, Tuscan and Composite, were developed in ancient Rome.

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The Designs Are Similar but Not the Same The structure is dominated by outer columns in Doric style that lean slightly inward to give the illusion of straight lines. The Pantheon's dominating design is its massive domed ceiling and rotunda. When it was built in the second century, it was the largest in the world.

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