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Greece

For the three centuries after the sixth century B.C., the Greeks created monumental buildings with columns, pediments, entablatures, capitals, bases, and all the elements of architecture that are now referred to as "Classical".

   
       
Lion's Gate Mycenea (1250 B.C.)
Propylea (450 B.C.)
       
 
Acropolis (500 - 400 B.C.)
 
Erectheum (440 B.C.)
 
Parthenon Front (447 B.C.)
 
       
 
Treasury at Delphi (520 B.C.)
 
Erectheum (440 B.C.)
 
Parthenon (447 B.C.)