Lucius Sulla seized some of the incomplete columns of the partly rebuilt Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens and transported them back to Rome, where they were re-used in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill..
zeus temple
The Greek columns were so important to the people, since it provided them a temple and a memorization of people back then.
There was more than one, but the most well-known was at Olympia.
Hera had many epithets and titles, including:Queen of HeavenQueen of the ImmortalsHera Aegophagus (goat-eater)Hera Akraia (of the height)Hera Alexandros (defender of men)Hera Ammo'niaHera Antheia (flowery)Hera Aphrodite (of Aphrodite)Hera Argeia (of Argos)Hera Argoia (of the ship Argo)Hera Ataurote (unbulled, i.e., virgin)Hera Basileia (queen)Hera Boopis (cow-eyed)Hera Bounaia (from a temple set up by Bounos)Hera Chera (widow)Hera Gamelia (of marriage)Hera Heniokhe (charioteer)Hera Hippia (of the horses)Hera Hyperkheiria (she whose hand is above)Hera Imbrasia (from the river Imbrasus)Hera Krusothronos (golden-throned)Hera Kypra (of Cupra)Hera Lakinia (of Lakinios)Hera Nympheuomene (betrothed bride)Hera Olympia (of Olympia)Hera Pais (girl)Hera Parthenia (maiden)Hera PelasgisHera Pharygaea (of Pharygaia)Hera Prodromia (of the pioneer)Hera Samia (of Samos)Hera Sikelia (of Sicily)Hera TelchiniaHera Teleia (full-grown)Hera Zygia (yoked, i.e., married)Source: http://www.goddessaday.com/greek/hera
It once had over 127 columns, now the Temple of Artemis is in ruins.
In the Temple built by King Solomon, two columns are mentioned (1 Kings 7:21).
over 9,000!!
The temple's cella was enclosed in colonnades of 127 Ionic columns, each 60 feet (18 meters) in height.
....there are around 130 iron pillars/columns giving support to the Sun Temple of Konark at the river Chandrabhaga 30 km from Puri(Orissa).
Its columns have different bases it follows the ratio 2n+4 (6x16), not the golden ratio 2n+1 there are 21 pieces of artwork within the temple exterior there is wooden cladding on the top of the temple walls the ends of the pronaos and opisthodomos are encased with timber
Many buildings have Corinthian columns. The oldest one is the Temple of Apollo in Greece.
The Menorah in the Temple had 7 columns.The Menorah lit by Jews on Chanuka has 9 columns.
it was built to honor hera in the late 1500 b.c when hera ruled italy.
Columns in the temple
Lucius Sulla seized some of the incomplete columns of the partly rebuilt Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens and transported them back to Rome, where they were re-used in the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill..
in Olympia