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Pompeii: Temple of Apollo, east side of Colonnade
Pompeii: East side of colonnade at the Temple of Apollo (photo: Athena Review)
The
colonnade of 48 columns surrounding the Temple of Apollo was originally
of two storeys, and was built of tufa, and coated with white stucco. No
remains of the upper gallery have been found.
After the
earthquake of AD 62, the columns were transformed from Ionic to
Corinthian by a heavy layer of stucco. The entablature was also
redecorated with a stucco frieze of griffins, which has since fallen
off.
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