porch the caryatids

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Ancient Monument Porch Caryatids Ruins Temple Erechtheion Acropolis Athens Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

Porch Caryatids Ruins Temple Erechtheion Acropolis Athens Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

View of the Porch of the Caryatids on the Erechtheion temple on the Athens Accropolis with a view of Athens and a mountains in the Royalty Free Stock Photo

Temple Erechtheion Ruins Porch Caryatids Acropolis Athens Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Erechtheion or Erechtheum is an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens in Greece which was dedicated to both Athena and Poseidon.On the north side, there is another large porch with six Ionic columns, and on the south, the famous `Porch of the Maidens`, with six draped female figures caryatids as supporting columns. The porch was built to conceal the giant 15-ft beam needed to support the southwest corner over the Kekropion, after the building was drastically reduced in size and budget following the onset of the Peloponnesian war.