Island of Kos, Asclepeion

Propylaea of the Asclepeion of Kos

2011
09/18
NIKON D90, 18.0-200.0 mm f/3.5-5.6, @ f/8.0 1/200, ISO 200
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A propylaea is the monumental gateway in the architecture of Ancient Greece. Litereally, the translations of propylaea means "that wich is before the gates". In the Asclepeion of Kos only the stairways of the propylaea survived to the centuries.

Asclepeion Ancient Greece Temple Propylaea Architecture Ruins