Tholos
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Τholos is the name given to several Ancient Greek
structures and buildings:
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
structures and buildings:
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- The Tholos at AthensPrytaneionA Prytaneion was seat of the Prytaneis , and so the seat of government in ancient Greece. The term is used to describe any of a range of ancient structures where officials met but the term is also used to refer to the building where the officials and winners of the Olympic games met at Olympia...
was the building which housed the PrytaneionPrytaneionA Prytaneion was seat of the Prytaneis , and so the seat of government in ancient Greece. The term is used to describe any of a range of ancient structures where officials met but the term is also used to refer to the building where the officials and winners of the Olympic games met at Olympia...
, or seat of government, in ancient Athens - The Tholos at Delphi is a circular building located approximately 800 metres from the main site of the ruined Temple of Apollo
- The Tholos at EpidaurusEpidaurusEpidaurus was a small city in ancient Greece, at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros : Palaia Epidavros and Nea Epidavros. Since 2010 they belong to the new municipality of Epidavros, part of the peripheral unit of Argolis...
is a circular building with an ornate astronomicalAstronomyAstronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...
floor design
- The Tholos at Athens
- The Tholos also appears at the Treasury structure in Petra, Jordan
- As a generic term, tholos tomb is an alternative name for a Beehive tombBeehive tombA beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb , is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones...
from the late Bronze Age
- It may also refer to the tallest part of the United States Capitol domeUnited States Capitol domeThe United States Capitol dome is the massive dome situated above the United States Capitol which reaches upwards to in height and in diameter. The dome was designed by Thomas U...
on which the Statue of FreedomStatue of FreedomThe Statue of Freedom — also known as Armed Freedom or simply Freedom — is a bronze statue designed by Thomas Crawford that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Originally named Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace, official U.S...
stands
- It may also refer to Tholos (Ancient Rome)Tholos (Ancient Rome)A tholos is an ancient Roman feature found in the macellum. It has been suggested that the tholos, well provided with water and drains, was where fish were sold, although other uses for the central tholos have been suggested, such as the place where official weights and measures were held for...
, a structure found in the centre of the macellum
- It also refers to the unrelated keyhole-shaped houses of the Halaf culture of the Ancient Near East