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Circular roofed building in classical architecture
A tholos (from Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos) 'conical roof, dome'; pl. tholoi; Latin: tholus; pl. tholi) is a form of building that was widely used in the
Tholos_(architecture)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up tholos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Τholos may refer to: Tholos (architecture), a circular structure, often a temple, of ancient Greece
Tholos
Ancient Roman architecture adopted the external language of classical ancient Greek architecture for the purposes of the ancient Romans, but was different
Ancient_Roman_architecture
Rostral column Stadium Stoa – List of stoae Tholos Ancient Roman architecture – the Roman architectural revolution, also known as the concrete revolution
Outline of classical architecture
Outline_of_classical_architecture
Burial structure
A History of Architecture, Vol. I, pp. 123–25. New York: Baker & Taylor. Media related to Tholos at Wikimedia Commons Mycenaean tholos tombs paintings
Beehive_tomb
referred to as tholos. The smallest temples are less than 25 metres (approx. 75 feet) in length, or in the case of the circular tholos, in diameter. The
Ancient_Greek_architecture
The history of architecture traces the changes in architecture through various traditions, regions, overarching stylistic trends, and dates. The beginnings
History_of_architecture
Megalithic burial mound in Andalusia, Spain
one of the most important examples of early Bronze Age architecture in southern Europe. Tholos de El Romeral, also known as Cueva de Romeral (Cave of
Tholos_de_El_Romeral
Tholos tomb at Mycenae, Greece, dated to ca.1250 BCE
Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. It is the largest and most elaborate tholos tomb known to
Treasury_of_Atreus
Topics referred to by the same term
Round Temple may refer to: Tholos (architecture) Temple of Vesta Temple of Vesta, Tivoli Tholos of Delphi Rotunda Temple of Hercules Victor The "Tempio
Round_Temple
Sacred site and oracle of Ancient Greece
serious landslides posed a grave threat for its stability for decades. The tholos at the sanctuary of Athena Pronaea (Ἀθηνᾶ Προναία, "Athena of forethought")
Delphi
Piece of masonry jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight
the tholos tombs (or "beehive tombs") of Late Bronze Age Greece and other parts of the Mediterranean.[citation needed] In medieval architecture, the
Corbel
Ancient Greek temple to Athena Pronaia
The Tholos of Delphi is among the ancient structures of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi. The circular temple, a tholos, shares the immediate
Tholos_of_Delphi
Upper part of a column
like one leafy cup set within another. The Corinthian capitals from the Tholos of Epidaurus (400 BC) illustrate the transition between the earlier Greek
Capital_(architecture)
Architectural term for an arched roof
of the whole arch is completed. The Mycenaeans (ca. 1800–1050 BC) built tholos tombs, also called beehive tombs, which were underground structures with
Vault_(architecture)
Building with a circular ground plan
with colonnades may have originated with the Greek circular tholos temple, as in the Tholos of Delphi, but circular wooden huts in India are a more likely
Rotunda
Late Bronze Age Greek civilization
the city. The most famous is the Treasury of Atreus, a tholos. A total of nine of such tholos tombs are found in the region of Mycenae, while six of them
Mycenaean_Greece
Type of structure
a circular colonnade supporting a roof but without any walls. Unlike a tholos (in its wider sense as a circular building), it does not have walls making
Monopteros
Age, nine tholos tombs were constructed at the site of Mycenae in southern Greece, which gives its name to Mycenaean civilisation. Tholos tombs, or tholoi
List of tholos tombs at Mycenae
List_of_tholos_tombs_at_Mycenae
Roman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD
Thermopolium Third Mithridatic War Third Punic War Third Servile War Tholos (architecture) Tholos (Ancient Rome) Thracia Thracian kingdom (Roman vassal state)
Index of ancient Rome–related articles
Index_of_ancient_Rome–related_articles
Archaeological site on Crete
by long horizontal lintel stones, spanning the openings. Some tholos tombs, such as Tholos B, exhibit a double-walled construction, where a second outer
Koumasa
Flower-shaped architectural ornament
Ancient Greek Corinthian capital with a fleuron on the abacus, from the tholos at Epidaurus, said to have been designed by Polyclitus the Younger, c.350
Fleuron_(architecture)
Ancient Greco-Roman shrine dedicated to a hero
ritually sacrificed to join him in death. The practice of adapting tholos architecture for heroa endured into the Classical period (510—323 BCE), as exemplified
Heroön
Mycenaean tholos tomb built c. 1450 BCE
feature would become universal in later tholos tombs at Mycenae, but the Tomb of Aegisthus is the earliest tholos to feature it. Other innovations include
Tomb_of_Aegisthus
Ancient religious monument in Rome, Italy
footprint, making it a tholos. Since the worship of Vesta began in private homes, the architecture seems to pay homage to the architecture of early Roman homes
Temple_of_Vesta
Order of classical architecture
principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and later used in Roman architecture and Nabataean architecture. The other two are the Doric order, which
Corinthian_order
Architectural feature on domes
The name derives from the tholos, the Greek term for a round building with a roof and a circular wall. Another architectural meaning of drum is a circular
Tholobate
Circular monument at Ancient Olympia, Greece
The Philippeion (Greek: Φιλιππεῖον) in the Altis of Olympia was a tholos made of in limestone and marble. Originally, it contained chryselephantine (ivory
Philippeion
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Andalusia, Spain
Dolmen of Menga Tholos of El Romeral Peña de los Enamorados Dolmen of Viera El Torcal Prehistoric Iberia Dolmen of Menga Dolmen of Viera Tholos of El Romeral
Antequera_Dolmens_Site
Architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere; there are many types
world, from the stupas of India to the tholos tombs of Iberia. By Hellenistic and Roman times, the domical tholos had become the customary cemetery symbol
Dome
referred to as tholos (Ancient Greek: "dome"). The smallest temples are less than 25 m (82 ft) in length, or in the case of the circular tholos, in diameter
List_of_ancient_Greek_temples
monumental gateways. Round buildings for various functions were called a tholos, and the largest stone structures were often defensive city walls. Tombs
Ancient_Greek_art
Ancient type of tower common in Sardinia
of a truncated conical tower, thus resembling a Medieval tower, with a tholos-like vault inside. The structure's walls consist of three components: an
Nuraghe
authority resides. It is among the ancient building types. Others are the tholos, the temple, the theater, the dwelling, and the shop. Buildings according
Regia_(architecture)
Ancient rock-cut historical city in Jordan
tall and refers to the architecture of Alexandria. The facade of the Treasury features a broken pediment with a central tholos inside, and two obelisks
Petra
Tholos tomb at Mycenae, Greece, dated to ca.1250 BCE
The Tomb of Clytemnestra is a Mycenaean tholos type tomb built in c. 1250 BC. A number of architectural features such as the semi-column were largely
Tomb_of_Clytemnestra
Civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal
Santo André de Almoçageme) Tholos tomb of Bela Vista (Portuguese: Tholos da Bela Vista) Tholos tomb of Monge (Portuguese: Tholos do Monge) Building of Correios
Colares_(Sintra)
Order of classical architecture
Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ancient Greek Doric columns of the Tholos of Delphi, Greece, c.375 BC Ancient Greek Doric columns of the Temple of
Doric_order
Ancient religious monument in Rome, Italy
Piazza Bocca della Verità, the former Forum Boarium, in Rome, Italy. It is a tholos, a round temple of Greek 'peripteral' design completely surrounded by a
Temple_of_Hercules_Victor
Ornamental motif
Germany, with original colours Ancient Greek Corinthian capital from the tholos at Epidaurus, Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus, Greece, said to have been
Acanthus_(ornament)
Public bathing place in ancient Greece
circular floor plan is called a tholos. The key feature in early Greek baths was the hip baths centered in the tholos. While the bathing space was public
Greek_baths
a community. It is thought that the primary burial site was probably a tholos beehive tomb in the area, from which remains were moved into the cave after
Sacred_caves_of_Crete
history. The treasury itself replaced two former buildings, namely the tholos and the monopteros, built by the same city at an earlier stage within the
Sicyonian_Treasury
Chalcolithic occupation site in Spain
occupation material and grave goods from the Los Millares cemetery of 70 tholos tombs with port-hole slabs has led archaeologists to suggest that the people
Los_Millares
with Amazons and Victories, in the centre a female figure stands on the tholos (a circular building). Ornate Corinthian columns support the various structures
Architecture_of_Jordan
Group of burial tombs in Mexilhoeira Grande, Portugal
lies in the geometrical center of the tomb. Plan of Tholos 7 Tholos 7 Prehistoric Iberia Tholos de El Romeral Valencina de la Concepción Los Millares
Megalithic Monuments of Alcalar
Megalithic_Monuments_of_Alcalar
Archaeological site in Greece
locations. Alan Wace divided the nine tholos tombs of Mycenae into three groups of three, each based on architecture. His earliest – the Cyclopean Tomb,
Mycenae
Finely dressed stone and associated masonry
dressed blocks are usually much larger than modern ashlar. For example, the tholos tombs of Bronze Age Mycenae use ashlar masonry in the construction of the
Ashlar
to around 1330 BC. It is about 15 meters in diameter and one of several tholos tombs with corbelled domes. Others include the "Treasury of Clytemnestra"
Early_and_simple_domes
Building carved out of rock in Petra, Jordan
(157 ft) wide, has a broken pediment, the two sides of which flank a central tholos-shaped element. This element has a conical roof that is topped by an urn
Ed-Deir,_Petra
Temples of the Roman Republic and Empire
various kinds were built by the Romans. Greek models were available in tholos shrines and some other buildings, as assembly halls and various other functions
Roman_temple
Tholobate Tholos Three hares Tibetan Buddhist architecture Tidewater architecture Tie Tiltyard Timber framing Timber roof truss Timeline of architectural styles
Index of architecture articles
Index_of_architecture_articles
Monument in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
plaques honoring the patrons who built the building. Above the base is a tholos circled by five Doric columns, representing the five continents, which support
World_Athletes_Monument
Assembly building of Ancient Greece
equal participation. Both the Old and the New Bouleuterion used the nearby Tholos. The Old Bouleuterion in Athens had dimensions measured at 23.5 x 23.8 meters
Bouleuterion
Archaeological site in Messenia, Greece
people; it was in use until the LH IIIA period, when the adjacent large tholos tomb was built. The latter, although looted in antiquity, yielded important
Nichoria
Ancient Greek temple at Delphi, Greece
group of buildings comprising temples and treasuries as well as the famous Tholos of Delphi. There were in fact three successive temples built at the site
Temple_of_Athena_Pronaia
Village in Lisboa, Portugal
of Praia das Maçãs, where there is a prehistoric monument known as the Tholos of Outeiro das Mós. Notable historical structures include the Chapel of
Azenhas_do_Mar
Ancient Greek temple
the repulsion of the Gauls during a 279 B.C.E. invasion. Other major architectural aspects of the exterior of the temple include the Sphinx of Naxos, built
Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)
Treasury of the Massaliots but, strangely enough, he does not mention the Tholos of Delphi, which had suffered damage from a fire in the 1st century BC,
Pausanias' description of Delphi
Pausanias'_description_of_Delphi
Neolithic site in Iraq
TT 7 = Halaf pottery - rebuild of central tholos TT 8 = Halaf pottery - Intitial contruction of central tholos TT 9-10 = Halaf pottery Obsidian jewelry
Tell_Arpachiyah
pastel blue and lapis lazulis; in the Puerta del Sol a rotunda temple (tholos) was built, with imitations of jasper for the columns, bronze in bases and
Spanish Baroque ephemeral architecture
Spanish_Baroque_ephemeral_architecture
Village in Santorini, Greece
Phinikia (Φοινικιά; Finikia), and about 500 m (550 yd) to the north is Tholos (Θόλος). Amoudi Bay lies below the town. The small fishing village of Ormos
Oia,_Greece
Minoan cemetery in Crete, Greece
over one thousand years. A tholos tomb first discovered in 1965 dates to 14th century BCE and shares a ground plan with tholos tombs at Mycenae and Orchomenus
Phourni
UNESCO World Heritage Site
sleep. Near has been built a circular building of white marble, called Tholos (Round House) . . . Within the enclosure stood slabs; in my time six remained
Sanctuary of Asclepius, Epidaurus
Sanctuary_of_Asclepius,_Epidaurus
Town in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece
galleries, and 90 meters outside the palace, a beehive "tholos" tomb, perfectly restored in 1957 (Tholos tomb IV). In addition to the archaeological remains
Pylos
Dome above the rotunda of the US Capitol
under the tholos directly beneath the Statue of Freedom. Additional stairs lead up into the statue for maintenance. Within the columned tholos upon which
United_States_Capitol_dome
Village in Greece
which includes a potter's kiln, a four-roomed building and a Late Minoan tholos tomb with a long road. Closer to the village, to the north east of the road
Stylos
Town in Euboea, Greece
a representative specimen of the Classical and Hellenistic domestic architecture. In the first century BC a funerary monument with a massive rectangular
Eretria
Spiral scroll-like ornament that forms the basis of the Ionic order
volutes (called caulicoli) in the upper part of a Corinthian capital from the tholos at Epidaurus, Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus, Greece, said to have been
Volute
Temple of the Moulin du Fâ, a giant circular/tholos fanum. Tower of Vesunna, another giant circular/tholos fanum. Temple of Mars (Corseul), had a giant
List_of_ancient_Roman_temples
Bronze Age culture in Sicily
necropolis is characterized by large rock-cut chamber tombs and often of tholos-type that some scholars believe it to be of derivation Mycenaean, while
Thapsos_culture
Era in Greece from (c. 1200 – c. 800 BC)
at the time cannot be grouped into a single "Dark Age Society" category. Tholos tombs are found in Early Iron Age Thessaly and in Crete but not in general
Greek_Dark_Ages
Archaeological site
remains of a paved square, a complex sacellum ("holy enclosure") and a tholos. This, after another gate, is followed by a sanctuary of chthonic deities
Valle_dei_Templi
Island and municipality in Greece
poros stone, was an important component in the construction of Mycenaean tholos tombs in the Late Bronze Age, being used particularly for monuments at Mycenae
Poros
Type of chamber tomb built in Mycenaean Greece
chamber tombs were cut into the bedrock (as opposed to the contemporary tholos tombs, which are constructed from masonry), usually on sloping terrain,
Mycenaean_chamber_tomb
Archaeological museum in Delphi, Greece
motifs with inlay copper. Room 10, on the other hand, contains parts of the Tholos of Delphi, the round building standing out in the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia
Delphi_Archaeological_Museum
Buddhist site near Bairat, Rajasthan, India
circular design with columns was derived from the similar design of the Greek Tholos. However local circular hut designs are a more probable source of inspiration
Bairat_Temple
Ancient Roman city near Naples, Italy
project was activated for the restoration of the site. Excavation of the tholos tomb was completed, first partly explored in 1902. In the area of the forum
Cumae
Municipal unit in Greece
to outlying resorts and towns (Faliraki in the east and Ixia, Ialysos, Tholos in the west) as well Rhodes International Airport. The city centre is also
Rhodes_(city)
Prehistoric passage grave in Spain
Variscite and amber jewellery Prehistoric Iberia Antequera Dolmens Site Tholos de El Romeral Bell Beaker culture Argaric culture de Laet, Sigfried, ed
Dolmen_de_la_Pastora
Sardinian hypogean Bronze Age structure for the worship of water
holy well (section), Paulilatino Holy well of Santa Cristina Underground tholos of the Santa Cristina temple Nuragic well temple at Serri Nulvi, Nuragic
Nuragic_holy_well
Genus of cephalopods
glass in contemporary Mycenaean contexts, as seen both at Mycenae and the Tholos at Volo. Argonauts are featured in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Argonaut_(animal)
Place in Alexandria, Egypt
Supreme Council of Antiquities, revealed a circular public bath of the Tholos type from the late Ptolemaic period and the remains of a Roman residential
Moharam_Bek
Mansion in Irvington, New York
based on a Tholos, a type of ancient classical temple. The house was built in 1859–1860 by financier Paul J. Armour based on the architectural ideas of
Armour–Stiner_House
French archaeologist (1895–1969)
1965. 1925: with K. Gottlob: La Tholos, 2: Relevés et restaurations. In: Fouilles de Delphes, 2. Topographie et architecture. E. de Boccard, Paris. 1929:
Jean_Charbonneaux
Archaeological culture in Sardinia
Nuragic tower had at least an inner tholos chamber and the biggest towers could have up to three superimposed tholos chambers. They are widespread in the
Nuragic_civilization
Curved structure that spans a space and may support a load
(catenary) at the Ramesseum granaries (c. 1300 BC) Ruins of the Kazarma tholos tomb (c.1500 BC) showing the Mycenaean beehive technique Arkadiko Bridge
Arch
Historic site in Mycenae
1951 by accident, when workmen were digging at a nearby 13th century BCE tholos tomb, known as the Tomb of Clytemnestra. Extensive excavations were conducted
Grave_Circle_B,_Mycenae
Neighbourhoods in Helsinki, Finland
Töölö (Finnish: [ˈtøːlø]; Swedish: Tölö, formerly spelled Thölö) is the collective name for the neighbourhoods Etu-Töölö (Swedish: Främre Tölö, lit. 'Front
Töölö
mortuary traditions across the ancient world, from the stupas of India to the tholos tombs of Iberia. Michele Melaragno noted that the Scythians built such domed
Symbolism_of_domes
c. 1600 BC La Almoloya, El Argar, Spain, c. 1700 BC Tholos of El Romeral, Spain, c. 1800 BC Tholos of El Romeral, interior Treasure of Villena, 1300-1000
Prehistoric_Iberia
Castro in Azambuja, Portugal
Tholos do Barro
Castro of Vila Nova de São Pedro
Castro_of_Vila_Nova_de_São_Pedro
Greek figurines made of terracotta
found in front of the stomion (entranceway) of monumental chamber tombs and tholos tombs, accompanied by kylikes (drinking-vessels) and stirrup jars (used
Psi, phi and tau type figurine
Psi,_phi_and_tau_type_figurine
Sarcophagus displayed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, Greece
Triada. This funerary structure, referred to as tomb 4, is located near two tholos tombs (A and B) dating from the Prepalatial period, close to a larnax burial
Hagia_Triada_Sarcophagus
Meeting place of the United States Congress
supporting ribs, which also support the visible exterior structure and the tholos that supports the Statue of Freedom, a colossal statue that was raised to
United_States_Capitol
Former hunting lodge near Bonn, Germany
wittelsbachischen Erzbischöfe im Kurfürstentum Köln im 18. Jahrhundert Tholos – Kunsthistorische Studien Band 10.5 (in German). Münster: Rhema Verlag
Schloss_Herzogsfreude
Dating system used in archaeology and art history
pit graves, tholos graves, cist graves, and shaft graves. A pit grave is self explanatory, as it is simply a pit in the ground, while tholos-styled graves
Helladic_chronology
Ancient Greek sculpture
entrances to temples. Sphinxes' depictions are generally associated with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples. The famous Sphinx
Sphinx_of_Naxos
German architect and archaeologist (1853–1940)
the shaft burial sites at Mycenae. Dörpfeld realized that the site was a tholos tomb, not the "Treasury of Atreus", as Schliemann claimed. During the excavations
Wilhelm_Dörpfeld
Ecumenical Christian chapel at Hillsdale College, Michigan, US
Venetian window. The entrance portico is formed by tholos partially recessed into the façade. The tholos is formed by eight Doric limestone columns, and
Christ Chapel (Hillsdale College)
Christ_Chapel_(Hillsdale_College)
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