Temple of Zeus | |
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General information | |
Type | Greek temple |
Architectural style | Ancient Greek architecture |
Location | Olympia, Greece |
Construction started | c. 472 BC |
Completed | 456 BC |
Destroyed | AD 426 (sanctuary), AD 522, AD 551 |
Height | 68 feet (20.7 m) |
Technical details | |
Size | 236 by 98 ft (72 by 30 m) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Libon |
Other designers | Paeonius, Alcamenes |
The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the god Zeus. The temple, built in the second quarter of the fifth century BC, was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order.[1]