Location information

Delphi, Treasury of the Massalians

MASSALIA (Ancient city) FRANCE
Site: Delphi
Type: Treasury
Summary: Temple-like building; in the center the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia (Marmaria), east of the Tholos.
Date: ca. 530 B.C.
Period: Archaic

Plan:
Small building with cella opening south onto a pronaos distyle in antis.

History:
The column bases were Asiatic Ionic in type but had Doric-style fluting and the capitals were an adaptation of Egyptian palm capitals.

This text is cited Nov 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains 9 image(s), bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.

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