Keep in mind that this isn't meant as a definitive list of the best preserved ancient Greek buildings, but just a selection of ones I found interesting. The Temple of Concordia in Agrigento for example is another very well preserved building, but I didn't want too many similar looking Doric temples 😄
But what you're seeing isn't the way they were built. They were not shimmering white marble, but painted in bold, even garish colours all over. I will link some pictures of the recreations archaeologists have made using studies at the microscopic and macroscopic levels to determine what paint was once affixed (small trace amounts remain in many places). They painted the statues as well. Our view of Ancient Greece is deeply distorted because of it.
@@jamesforbes2205 Not true. Thats another made up legend. SOME buildings were painted, and usually only parts of them. Pigments were extremely expensive, and the sun and rain removed the pigments very quickly.
@@arturoroldan4839 The Greeks painted everything. Their pottery. The encaustic mummy masks in Greaco Roman Egypt (the longest lasting paint ever invented) their tombs, their textiles and their temples. The stone temples replace earlier wooden examples. Which were... painted. Your notion that they would choose to scrimp on pigment in their most important buildings is an absurdity on the face of it. Marble... ivory... gold... silver... whoa boys stop with the paint we gotta save that... dude. Go read a book.
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Went to Athens about a month or two ago. And saw most of what you showed in the video. And believe me, it’s wayyyyy more impressive when seeing it in person.
@grbggaming6885 So this was a good two years ago. But I somewhat agree. I remember standing at Hephaistos temple and being just unable to capture it all in one picture. However some are, well.. perhaps not as big as people say they are.
@@grbggaming6885 personally, Egypt is overhyped imho. I won’t go there because of how much poverty there is and all the ancient sights are chockfull of scammers. I would love to visit old Mesopotamian structures or Zoroastrian structures/temples. But they’re sadly all in countries where there is still conflict going on or their religion is outlawed (Zoroastrian in Iran).
Sucks that the Parthenon made it all the way to 1687 basically intact, and that it was the Ottomans believing that they could store gunpowder there since the Venetians surely wouldn't aim at the historic building and the Venetians actually not caring about that and aiming their cannons at it anyway that wrecked it...
Great video, as an Athenian I have been in all these places and l highly recommend to anyone to pay a visit to them when its possible. Athens has so much to offer to a visitor when it comes to sightseeing.
I was most impressed by Hephaestion in Athens, which I had the honor to film recently. Unfortunately, so few ancient monuments of Greece are in good condition. great video, very cool channel! 😮❤️
@@ΑπόλλωνΘηρευτής Wrong most ancient temples were just converted to churches (those still in good condition that is since a lot of them had been abandoned during that point) stop spreading misinformation
It's amazing thinking how much crowded these places used to be. Then, day by day, people just stopped using them, and by time they even forgot what those structures were. It's crazy to think about it.
The area in northern Hungary where my name comes from, Sopron, was conquered by Augustus in 12, when Jesus was a teenager. It’s been occupied and abandoned by many different people groups ever since.
You also have to remember that for 500 years only a very small sliver of Europe was literate. No one 75 miles from Athens and further knew anything about it they never went and lived and died in the same place. Of the literate and learned Pausanias the travel writer and geographer of Classical times was read and copied throughout Medieval Europe. He lists the major buildings of antiquity and their purposes with usually good accuracy but he relied on local history and deduction sometimes too. The Acropolis was never understood as anything other than the site of the Parthenon the temple of Athena. Ask an Athenian if they forgot and duck the shoe flying at your head.
@@Billswiftgti They are built after writing is adopted widely so they've always been historical buildings. History is both the study of the period of human civilization after writing and the places that have inscriptions dates and that are written about. People who could read and travel have always traveled to the Acropolis hill to marvel and see. Medieval and Byzantine travel was not as robust... but they went.
Very uplifting to see that the Theatre of Epidaurus is being used for its original purpose once again! I have wondered previously why ancient tempels and buildings have just been left untouched to decay with time, how come no one ever cared for them? I find it remarkable that, while acknowledging the buildings are over 2000 years old, there is almost nothing left of anything.
Some were burned or destroyed in invasions/pillagings/sackings. If they were in population centres they almost always provided cheap dressed stone for other purposes or were unrecognisably altered. The external walls of Pisa Cathedral are covered in random Roman inscriptions, partial, upright, upside-down, vertical. In Rome in the Middle Ages burning marble to make quicklime was common.... To stand a chance an ancient building had to be earthquake-resistant, useful in some way, too big to remove completely, or out of the way and relatively isolated, and then left to decay quietly. There are very few indeed that made the cut.
Alarichus the Goth with support of Roufinos the Supreme commander of the east Roman empire. Both they organized the destruction of the ancient Greek world, it was he who ordered Stylichon not to attack Alaric and thus left the Goths and the Christian monks who followed them undisturbed to destroy everything in their path, at that time the sanctuary of Eleusis was destroyed and the last Hierophant of the mysteries was killed.
The Doric order is highly underrated in favour of the more decorative ones, but there's something about Doric and especially Greek Doric that draws me to it.
Me too. For some reason I can cope with Corinthian in a very major (Baths of Caracalla scale) building but for most purposes give me Doric (or even Etruscan) any day. Ionic leaves me cold for some reason.
The Greek sense of scale and the environment. Delphi and Athens with its Acropolis were able to take advantage of the relief of the terrain and build architecture that emerges from it's natural ground and soars into the light and holds the mountains in place for the long view of the city. They are built according to geometry that takes into account the human body as the unit of scale from which the optimal size and elevation are calculated. These are built to impress and inspire but never oppress. They reflect the structure of the natural world. And these archetypes are what you see as foundational to architecture and history like most of us do. The scale of a skyscraper is measured against another and another and another. They don't have the siting and the relationship with the land the Acropolis does.
Your wonderful videos manage to capture some of the magic that must've been in the air at the time that these buildings were first in use. The images and footage, the music and the calming voice are all very thoughtfully put together and very well produced. They slow back down the frantically spinning wheels in my mind from a day in the modern world, and give me a quiet nostalgia for a time period I didn't know.
Just started watching your videos and wanted to say keep up with good work. I appreciate your videos highly because we have similar interests. Especially your videos of old architecture and paintings
I'm an Italian from Sicily (🇮🇹💛❤️). I would recommend to admire the Temples' Valley of Agrigento, where you can find two well preserved temples (The Orion's Temple and, surely better than the first one, the Concord Temple) and some columns. I would also recommend a visit to the Greek Theater of Syracuse and the Greek Temples of Selinunte and Segesta (which was built by Hellenized Elymians, a local prehistorical population of Western Sicily)
I agree! I visited Sicily this past autumn and had the pleasure of exploring this fascinating and unique island! Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta are treasures beyond measure and definitely worth visiting. I especially enjoy Selinunte. ❤
Thanks for a great and concise video on the subject. It connects us to a singular apex of civilization! My only complaint would be the lack of inflection in the narrating voice.
I had the luck of visiting some of these buildings when I visited Greece, I cannot tell you how amazing it felt to visit some of these monuments. The Greeks were ahead of their time.
I had the liberty of visiting Athens in May and I saw most of the buildings you mentioned in this video. Most of these buildings don't look very impressive in images, but In person they are something else, and really take on a new status for me. The Hephaisteion, the best preserved one, really was great as well.
I moved back to our homeland in Greece with my family when I was 18..I once asked my husband "How come the rest of Europe has standing coliseum, fountain, statue's, temples,huge marble churches..etc." He said " Well the wars have ravaged this country and all we had" I just really wish I could of seen it in the olden days💖😍💖 just like Egypt !! I bet they were marvelous.. Take Care All 🌈🌺💙💕💜🌈💜🌈🌺💜💙💕
Other than Greece,only Italy in Europe has such ancient structures because the roman empire ruled for centuries. The rest of Europe has mainly medieval structures and they are preserved because they are not that ancient. And of course ,there have been many wars in Greece. Do not forget that christian fannatics destroyed numerous buildings and ancient sculptures.
@@vaggant5557 Yes and no There were some case were this happened but its greatly exaggerated in historical discussions nowadays we actually have very few recorded cases of fanatical christians ingaging in this behavour and these cases the vandals were actually treated as criminals by the goverment and church athorities since temples (even if not in use) were state propetry
The map shown at 1.28 et seq is weird, it shows important Greek islands, like Lesbos, Chios, Rhodos - and many more - inside Turkish waters. What is the idea?
This map is old, if you look carefully, you will see that the map does not have the name of Turkey at all, it just shows the eastern Greek colonies and the areas that the Greeks knew (Lydia, Caria, Phrygia, etc.) and the islands who was under their influence.
Alexandros the Great have reached many countries trying to give to humanity the greek style and culture and language maybe ancient times he has arrived to armenia and show them the greek style its pleasure from a greek to show to everyone the history of the true power that comes from ancient greece until now
Ancient buildings that were converted into churches were among the few that survived from ancient times-some examples being the Greek temple in Syracuse,Sicily whose columns are incorporated into the Catholic cathedral in the city -otherwise they were just left to endure the ravages of earthquakes(very common in these areas)and of the elements.There are many more Roman examples of this than Greek ones the supreme examples being the Pantheon in Rome -not to be confused with the Parthenon in Athens.This latter temple was also converted into a church and is probably why it survived.In the future we will probably have the same problem with the cathedrals and churches -what to do with them when congregations dwindle and can we put them to dignified uses.
This is already a large problem in Italy. There are more than 900 churches in Rome. Most are cathedrals larger than the largest churches found in entire countries. However the church has straight up given up on them. They are actually owned by the state. However as a lack of funds exist for them, they fall in decay. Rome actually fairs pretty well. In smaller towns, often shrinking becuase of urbanization, and with cathedrals larger than municipal buildings, churches are in complete disrepair. I saw cathedrals over 500 years old being repaired with stucco so cheap that I would not allow to be used to repair a wall in my house (however these are reparations founded by local elderly, as the goverment doesn’t put anything foward). However nobody has any clue what to do with all these churches. When possible they are given up to tourists. However this only worsens the problem. Tourists bring more decay, and make locals shy away, which further alienates locals from these churches and find a use for them. Many could/should probably be used for public purposes. At least because the majority are state and not church owned. For example, the local senate could meet in them rather than their cheap decade year old local senate houses. Tim’s obviously harder in Rome, where most important public institutions either alredy reside in palaces or are much too large to fit in churches with a limited amount of rooms.
You are half correct there are still many temples that were never converted yet still survived in greece the whole myth that christians were just going around destroying temples is innacurate yes there were some cases of *lone wolves* ingaging in such but these were very few and infact were considered criminal by the roman goverment
The Temple of Apollo Epicirus in Bassae is also very well preserved and trully impressive, although it it relatively unknown. It is located on a mountain, some 65km from Olympia and is not easily accessible
9:13 plz tell me the name of this painting, it's such an amazing example of Mediterranean fauna. :) btw an amazing video, my number 2 spot would have gone to..... temple of Concordia
Επίδαυρος”. A moment in my life that I will never, ever forget. On our honeymoon, we traveled from Athens to Tripoli to my cousin’s home, meeting them, for the first time...my newly found family, who I never met before , displaying that “Big, Fat Greek Hospitality” that I knew quite well growing up back in Chicago on the South Side. After a wonderful late lunch, we left and, on our way back to Athens, I saw it!.... the Sign! ... “Επίδαυρος“ ( Epidaurus)..."ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΟ ΙΕΡΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ...THE GREAT HOLY THEATRE" ! "The Gods Were Good To Me, for My childhood dream had come true”. I made a quick, illegal turn to access the road that led to the Theatre.....(”Δεν υπάρχει αστυνομία ....No Police!”...Ha HA!)....driving endlessly on a forever Winding Road which seemed forever, indeed . The midday Sun was waning then when we arrived around 5 pm, and, to our shock, we saw there were no buses, no cars, no taxis, no tourist guides. NOTHING!......EMPTY ! It Was Closed !! Heartbreak!!! No !!....No Way !!. “I did not travel to this Mythical Wonder, winding around those treacherous cliffs, only to be turned back” ( try doing that to a Hellene, BTW ). But!...Wait a minute...Ok......I had an idea, though...a schemingly, clever Odyssean plan ...that of the use of Our timeless, secret weapon ... “ The Hellenic Art of BS !” Would it work, though, I wondered ? The gracious, old gentleman, with the keys to the entrance to the Theatre, at the bottom of that hill, listened quietly, intently and respectfully to my hopefully persuasive, sobbing narrative (after a minute of laborious persuasion...telling him that I was a “Hollywood Director and that my wife was the Leading Lady…. the Staring Actress” in a blockbuster movie that was being produced there shortly). Yes... my Hellenic Language failed me throughout, BUT! ..even so, the great Aristophanes ( He!.. who capitalized on the Art of BS in our ageless Comedic Culture of Theatre) stood by me in spirit, proud of my speech at that very moment...why... I could hear his applause over the joyed roar of his ancient audience intently! “ΚΑΛΟ ΝΙΚΟΣ”……Aristophanes said in his ancient, Attic Hellenic Language.... I know!.... I heard him say it”…... “αυτό είναι” Well now... chuckling with his twinkling eyes and with ageless Wisdom, the old caretaker caught my sincerity or, shall we say………..”My BS”, and immediately smiled ...then allowed us both to run up to see this world marvel without escort. "Έχετε μόνο 15 λεπτά! Θα έρθω να σε πάρω μετά από αυτό ..... Πήγαινε!" ( “you have 15 minutes ..after that I’ll come get you myself !!...GO! GO NOW... ON YOUR WAY!”) This man must be from Crete, I thought ! “ΙΣΧΥΡΟΣ”... STRONG & “ΣΚΛΗΡΟΣ”... TOUGH ! “Ένας Έλληνας γνωρίζει έναν Έλληνα, προφανώς!”....”A Hellene knows a Hellene.....profound!”..... apparently!. Well, we ran like Olympian Athletes up the hill ...to my “Dream Come True” since I was a child ! I was finally there... stunned ...crying endless tears. We were all alone.... no one else.....just the flowered, Northern Winds whistling softly. Yes.. I was allowed by the Gods now...standing over the weathered, bronze coin that Euripides once stood on in the center orchestra.... “Στεκόμουν μπροστά σε ένα μυθικό ελληνικό αυτί”…( I was standing in front of an Ancient Mythical Ear ). Respectively, rubbing my hands with the fertile soil of my father’s land, I waived to my wife as she climbed to the very top. I shouted “MOLON !”…. “LABE !” ( “COME!”....”TAKE!” ) and she responded like a timeless "Kouroi" maiden with that smile......her quintessential Hellenic "Contrapposto Pose"....PERFECT ! I knew then My Dream had come to fruition. I was on Olympus itself. As my wife and I traded places, she standing on the center bronze coin down in the orchestra and me now standing at the top of the theatre, I was profoundly stunned by her voice..so clear...so robust...thus realizing what “Genius My Ancestors Gave To Humanity”. Epidauvros is marvel of acoustics ! The stone steps filter the background noise and create a phenomenon called ‘virtual pitch,’ which enhances the clarity and quality of sound. Additionally, the distance between the rows of seats diffuses the sound everywhere with the same intensity. Other factors include the sound bouncing back from the hard, compact surface of the orchestra and the theater stands, the good quality marble used, the quiet scenery and the constant breeze blowing from the orchestra to the viewers. Now...Let me tell you all what the sound is really like ...exactly. Take both hands and place them behind both ears, as the elderly do when listening. Then.... speak your thoughts.... clearly abound ! Hence....all will flavor the exact magical sound quality expounded over two and a half thousand years of “Hellenic Brilliance” ...... “The Immortality that is ...
The Greeks and Romans were years ahead of their time in many areas of social, political, and archaeological feats. Studying classics is amazing and I hope to visit these places later down the road.
Keep in mind that the Parthenon remained largely intact well into the 1700s until the occupying Turks who were using it as a munitions storage destroyed a lot of the interior in an explosion. They were also demolishing it in order to burn the marble to produce lime.
@@kirbywaite1586 exactly. That is why I put ‘stealing’ in parentheses. I personally think their rightful place is in the Athens museum , but ON LOAN. Once again, Elgin/Britain are deemed ‘the baddies’ and Turkish involvement is conveniently forgotten.
You obviously don't know the Pantheon in Rome -can't think of a Greek temple that has more magic than this with its incredible dome -something Romans could construct but Greeks couldn't.
@@kaloarepo288 yeah because it happened later with technological advancements that weren't available to greeks. It isn't as mysterious like Greek buildings though.
@@kaloarepo288 I totally agree with Dein Haus. It was build much later and yeah the Romans used the name "Pantheon"is 110% Greek. "Πάνθεον"-"Pantheon" means All the Gods of one religion. Παν- Pan = All, Θεόν-Theon = God.
@@kaloarepo288 actually, Greeks could make domes, the dome of Hagia Sophia is entirely made from blocks and not concrete just like Greeks used to build.
The Parthenon still has it's roof in the 1680s, but the Turks fortified the Acropolis, using the Parthenon to store their gunpowder. The Venetians found this far too convenient and targeted it. Thanks Turkey! Thanks Venice! You're why we can't have nice things... There is a good chance it would still have it's roof today... assuming it would not all have been moved to The British Museum. :(
If you are going to blame Turkey and Venetians then why stop there? Blame christianity too since christians Greeks themselves destroyed the naked frescos etc on the Parthenon. Probably more damage than Venetians or Turkey, sorry Ottomans, ever did.
@@powerplayer9562 Because we are talking about "incredibly well preserved Greek buildings," and not "naked frescos." Because the Parthenon was the best preserved. Because the Turks stored explosives there under the assumption nobody would dare attack a structure of such cultural significance. Because the Venetians targeted it and destroyed the singular most well preserved Greek temple. On the positive side it allowed the Venetians to take Athens for about a year. >.
@@Psychol-Snooper Dont you even know a single little bit about ancient Greek art? These "frescoes" or descriptions where ON the parthenon exterior. ussually naked people which was considered by pagan by later Christian Greeks who destroyed it. And why is it positive the Venetians took Athens for one year and where is the relevance?
@@powerplayer9562 Here's an important question; why are you being so awkwardly aggressive? My comment was on the topic of the video, and highlights the greatest loss not only to the afore mentioned topic, but what would have been the most precious structure on the planet had it survived to the present. It could have. That fateful siege ripped pages out of the history of mankind that can never be replaced. The reference to the cause of it's destruction (a petty squabble over the lines on a map for a year) was to satiate anyone's who would have just been curious as to the cause, and to fuel the hunger of any history lover who did not know the background. As to your question... it was the literal opposite of positive. That was the most blatant use of sarcasm I could muster. It was a meaningless tragedy. (Not to the Athenians who suffered dreadfully, but they all would be dead anyway by now, and only we reap the bitter fruits.)
Excellent documentary!! We just returned from Greece where we visited Delphi, but over the years and our many visits we have seen most of the buildings mentioned. I am currently reading the The Darkening Age, by Catherine Nixey. and am abhorred by the role that early Christians played in the destruction of such monuments and works of art. If interested it is an excellent read on the subject .
Something you should check out is the Temple at Memphis Tennessee they have a Temple complete copy of the one in Athens with the statue of Athen in it, all built to scale.
A lot of these buildings have been reconstructed, like the buildings in the Roman Forum... The arch of Titus being a prime example. Same thing with Greek ones.
Get a book about the architects. Read about the technical and mathematical advances as well. Engineering advances. It's all in there. We know far more than you'd ever think...
@@jamesforbes2205 I'm getting REALLY tired of these self-described experts who squawk "If I can't understand _[fill in blank here]_ it must be impossible. Or done by gods."
@@jamesforbes2205 I wonder what is or isn't being taught in schools now. We had units on ancient and medieval architecture back in *middle school.* Sure it wasn't deep study but by Grade 8 we knew 100s of times more than these posters do. And in my case it whetted my appetite to learn more later on.
I suggest you when you make a video containing Greek names or words, make a Google search for these words written in Greek. Copy - paste them one by one in Google Translate (choose Greek) and hit the speaker button to listen the correct pronunciation. Χορηγοί to karagi is a terrible pronunciation. It sounds Japanese :D :P
Herodion theatre in Athens also - very much like Epidaurus. Show a performance there some years ago (the seven upon Thebes). But what about the Panathinaikon stadium ? This one is ancient too. Is n't it ?
@@arip172 Is it ? Wasn't Herodes Atticus a rich Athenian who built various things ? I don't think so. It's Roman era actually but is regarded as a Greek structure because it was made by Herodes Atticus, not by the Romans.
The productions at the out door theatre would have helped those who conditions, were made worse by distress, keep calm and happy, so although it could cure diseases like arthritis and heart disease, it would have helped the sufferers to cope better.
More than 20 years ago I went stealthy (forbidden entry) inside the Theater of Perge and I was struck by its level of preservation: every canonic element was still there waiting to get a good restoration ( it was dangerous indeed to walk on its terraces): what a vision! I couldn't find much information about it, and I had no camera with me,but I m almost sure it was a Roman construction, not Greek. Anyway, if anybody knows something about it, which is much more interesting than the neighboring Aspendos one, still in use ( dreadful concrete fixings: that's what I remember of it...) please tell me whatever you know because it was a worthy building for sure.
Meanwhile here in Albania we have incredible ancient structures with Roman, Illyrian and Ancient Greek architecture yet almost all of them are badly ruined due to earthquakes, rivers changing their course, human destruction and more. For example the city of Apollonia in Albania (it was an Ancient Greek colony but it was built toghether with the Illyrians who were the locals) was one of the wealthiest cities of the ancient world, even Augustus studied there. Today only 7% of the city is escavated and 93% is still hidden, the sad part is 90% of the stuff found arent well preserved because the city golden age dimmed after the Vjosa river changed its course from an earthquake. Other great cities are Byllis, Amantia and Butrint. But the one with the most destruction was the city of Dyrrachium modern day Durres which was one of the most important cities of the Mediterrean, controlling all of the trade through the Adriatic sea. Dyrrachium was destroyed about 3 times due to big Earthquakes, there were more than 2 parthenons in the city and the Romans under Emperor Trajan built the biggest amphitheater in the whole of the Balkans there, with a capacity of 20k people to represent the cities but the amphitheater is now sadly very damaged, infact only 1/3 of the amphitheater is visible and due to the fast Christianisation of Albania the Amphitheater seats which were made out of marble were ruined and used in Churches (There is a church in the Amphitheater) Also the city was so important even after its golden age was gone, it even became its own theme during Byzantium which covered all of modern albania and the montenegrin coast. According to modern scholars, ancient Dyrrachium had the same size as the modern day city which is the 2nd biggest city in Albania currently. Tells alot about its glorious past, the city that connected Rome and Constantinople with the Via Egnatia.
Keep in mind that this isn't meant as a definitive list of the best preserved ancient Greek buildings, but just a selection of ones I found interesting. The Temple of Concordia in Agrigento for example is another very well preserved building, but I didn't want too many similar looking Doric temples 😄
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Thank you for posting this. I really enjoyed all the detail and the good, clear narration.
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ancient greek buildings are so soothing to look at. even in ruin, they still give off chill vibe.
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But what you're seeing isn't the way they were built. They were not shimmering white marble, but painted in bold, even garish colours all over. I will link some pictures of the recreations archaeologists have made using studies at the microscopic and macroscopic levels to determine what paint was once affixed (small trace amounts remain in many places). They painted the statues as well. Our view of Ancient Greece is deeply distorted because of it.
@@jamesforbes2205 Not true. Thats another made up legend. SOME buildings were painted, and usually only parts of them.
Pigments were extremely expensive, and the sun and rain removed the pigments very quickly.
@@arturoroldan4839 I'm a trained archaeologist. You are?
@@arturoroldan4839 The Greeks painted everything. Their pottery. The encaustic mummy masks in Greaco Roman Egypt (the longest lasting paint ever invented) their tombs, their textiles and their temples. The stone temples replace earlier wooden examples. Which were... painted. Your notion that they would choose to scrimp on pigment in their most important buildings is an absurdity on the face of it. Marble... ivory... gold... silver... whoa boys stop with the paint we gotta save that... dude. Go read a book.
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Went to Athens about a month or two ago. And saw most of what you showed in the video. And believe me, it’s wayyyyy more impressive when seeing it in person.
It's impossible to capture through video and pictures how massive these buildings are in person.
@grbggaming6885 So this was a good two years ago. But I somewhat agree. I remember standing at Hephaistos temple and being just unable to capture it all in one picture. However some are, well.. perhaps not as big as people say they are.
@@xsXRevanXsx Yes not all, but some. Wish I could see the pyramids and other ancient structures
@@grbggaming6885 personally, Egypt is overhyped imho. I won’t go there because of how much poverty there is and all the ancient sights are chockfull of scammers. I would love to visit old Mesopotamian structures or Zoroastrian structures/temples. But they’re sadly all in countries where there is still conflict going on or their religion is outlawed (Zoroastrian in Iran).
@xsXRevanXsx I would love to go Peru and other areas in South America to see some of those places too.
Sucks that the Parthenon made it all the way to 1687 basically intact, and that it was the Ottomans believing that they could store gunpowder there since the Venetians surely wouldn't aim at the historic building and the Venetians actually not caring about that and aiming their cannons at it anyway that wrecked it...
Your videos are so well put together and relaxing to watch. A true pleasure. Thank you
I enjoyed this: beautiful architecture. The Greeks gave us so much.
Great video, as an Athenian I have been in all these places and l highly recommend to anyone to pay a visit to them when its possible. Athens has so much to offer to a visitor when it comes to sightseeing.
I was most impressed by Hephaestion in Athens, which I had the honor to film recently. Unfortunately, so few ancient monuments of Greece are in good condition. great video, very cool channel! 😮❤️
The fact that they still exist is a miracle.
Blame the Christians for this, it's easy knowledge if you search for it (4th Century AD - Orders and laws by Theodosius).
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@@ΑπόλλωνΘηρευτής Totally agree! That bastard Theodosius who the Church called him the Great! The audacity!!!
@@ΑπόλλωνΘηρευτής Wrong most ancient temples were just converted to churches (those still in good condition that is since a lot of them had been abandoned during that point) stop spreading misinformation
It's amazing thinking how much crowded these places used to be. Then, day by day, people just stopped using them, and by time they even forgot what those structures were. It's crazy to think about it.
The area in northern Hungary where my name comes from, Sopron, was conquered by Augustus in 12, when Jesus was a teenager. It’s been occupied and abandoned by many different people groups ever since.
Not exactly abandond. Converted to churches, destroyed, rebuilt, abandonded and the circle went on until they became historical sites.
The idea that people forgot or didn't know about their own surroundings is also a deeply colonialist idea and grossly inaccurate in many cases.
You also have to remember that for 500 years only a very small sliver of Europe was literate. No one 75 miles from Athens and further knew anything about it they never went and lived and died in the same place. Of the literate and learned Pausanias the travel writer and geographer of Classical times was read and copied throughout Medieval Europe. He lists the major buildings of antiquity and their purposes with usually good accuracy but he relied on local history and deduction sometimes too. The Acropolis was never understood as anything other than the site of the Parthenon the temple of Athena. Ask an Athenian if they forgot and duck the shoe flying at your head.
@@Billswiftgti They are built after writing is adopted widely so they've always been historical buildings. History is both the study of the period of human civilization after writing and the places that have inscriptions dates and that are written about. People who could read and travel have always traveled to the Acropolis hill to marvel and see. Medieval and Byzantine travel was not as robust... but they went.
Excellent presentation! Greetings from Delphi, Greece.
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Very uplifting to see that the Theatre of Epidaurus is being used for its original purpose once again! I have wondered previously why ancient tempels and buildings have just been left untouched to decay with time, how come no one ever cared for them? I find it remarkable that, while acknowledging the buildings are over 2000 years old, there is almost nothing left of anything.
Some were burned or destroyed in invasions/pillagings/sackings. If they were in population centres they almost always provided cheap dressed stone for other purposes or were unrecognisably altered. The external walls of Pisa Cathedral are covered in random Roman inscriptions, partial, upright, upside-down, vertical. In Rome in the Middle Ages burning marble to make quicklime was common....
To stand a chance an ancient building had to be earthquake-resistant, useful in some way, too big to remove completely, or out of the way and relatively isolated, and then left to decay quietly. There are very few indeed that made the cut.
seriously you believe that no one cares of them?
Christianity and massive loss of population in cities is to blame for.
Alarichus the Goth with support of Roufinos the Supreme commander of the east Roman empire. Both they organized the destruction of the ancient Greek world, it was he who ordered Stylichon not to attack Alaric and thus left the Goths and the Christian monks who followed them undisturbed to destroy everything in their path, at that time the sanctuary of Eleusis was destroyed and the last Hierophant of the mysteries was killed.
@@cosmomusa really?
How lucky we are that these great buildings still stand so many Greek architectural masterpieces In Greece and Anatolia have been reduced into rubble.
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Ah, another lotus eater in the comment section. We truly are men of culture
You can thank the turks for that
Earthquakes and Christians.
@@jamesforbes2205 Your comment is idiotic propaganda. Greeks are Christians and they built these structures
The Doric order is highly underrated in favour of the more decorative ones, but there's something about Doric and especially Greek Doric that draws me to it.
Me too. For some reason I can cope with Corinthian in a very major (Baths of Caracalla scale) building but for most purposes give me Doric (or even Etruscan) any day.
Ionic leaves me cold for some reason.
@@steelcrown7130 I know, right? Everyone seems to like Ionic but I'm not a big fan of it.
@@steelcrown7130 corinthian tribes were doric in origin 😊 (I'm from Corinth)
It was always my favourite style I like simplicity and It has a sort of strenght that other styles don't have.
One of my favourite youtube channels about history
Love this type of architecture content, thank you for your work!
Love Greece and islands beautiful kind People
In south Italy or Magna Grecia you can find fine ancient Greek temples
Just discovered your channel! So glad I found it!
I love your videos! Keep up the awesome work!
these videos are so interesting, keep up the great work!
Exellent job, very nice video.
I love the class and the sophistication of your videos. This one was fascinating! Thank you.
This is an incredible video. Thank you.
Glorious buildings. Why do they look so much more impressive than skyscrapers an other modern buildings that are so much bigger? Can't explain it
Beauty and harmony!
Athens is like this
The Greek sense of scale and the environment. Delphi and Athens with its Acropolis were able to take advantage of the relief of the terrain and build architecture that emerges from it's natural ground and soars into the light and holds the mountains in place for the long view of the city. They are built according to geometry that takes into account the human body as the unit of scale from which the optimal size and elevation are calculated. These are built to impress and inspire but never oppress. They reflect the structure of the natural world. And these archetypes are what you see as foundational to architecture and history like most of us do. The scale of a skyscraper is measured against another and another and another. They don't have the siting and the relationship with the land the Acropolis does.
@@jamesforbes2205 this is one of the main reasons I don't get impressed by scyscrapers. The scale is way off for no real benefit.
Beauty. They respected it and valued it. We denied it even existed and deconstructed and subverted it.
These structures must have looked absolutely stunning in there prime
My dads from sicily, near agrigento...there youll find the concorde valley of the temples...magnificent!
Your wonderful videos manage to capture some of the magic that must've been in the air at the time that these buildings were first in use. The images and footage, the music and the calming voice are all very thoughtfully put together and very well produced. They slow back down the frantically spinning wheels in my mind from a day in the modern world, and give me a quiet nostalgia for a time period I didn't know.
Just imagine if Greece still use the same architecture for every building until today...
great video, these are quite rare indeed
At 4:56, what is this stonehange structure in the back? It's not present now.
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It'd be WILD to see what the Ancient Greeks would think about their distant progeny still using the amphitheatre.
Just started watching your videos and wanted to say keep up with good work. I appreciate your videos highly because we have similar interests. Especially your videos of old architecture and paintings
Very interesting. Thank you.
Amazing! thanks for sharing.
Thank you for a wonderful guided tour of historic architecture.
TH-cam was hiding your channel from me for years?? Ofcourse I found it finally.
These historic buildings been standing for over 2000 yrs, the longevity
I played AC Odyssey and I loved it because of the world it made. Traversing an ancient world that was perfectly handcrafted is amazing.
A worthy video of great praise...much appreciated.
Bravo good friend.
There is also the complete temple of Epicurian Apollo in south eastern Peloponnese. With all it's columns and located at a breathtaking mountain top.
I'm an Italian from Sicily (🇮🇹💛❤️). I would recommend to admire the Temples' Valley of Agrigento, where you can find two well preserved temples (The Orion's Temple and, surely better than the first one, the Concord Temple) and some columns. I would also recommend a visit to the Greek Theater of Syracuse and the Greek Temples of Selinunte and Segesta (which was built by Hellenized Elymians, a local prehistorical population of Western Sicily)
There are also interesting remains of the Greek culture in Turkey and Russia.
I agree! I visited Sicily this past autumn and had the pleasure of exploring this fascinating and unique island! Agrigento, Selinunte and Segesta are treasures beyond measure and definitely worth visiting. I especially enjoy Selinunte. ❤
Thank you for this video! Beautiful structures all!
Many of best preserved, and most beautiful, greek buildings are in Italy. Paestum ( Poseidonia ) . Valley of temples at Agrigento, Siracusa, Taormina.
Great video, Thank you
Thanks for a great and concise video on the subject. It connects us to a singular apex of civilization! My only complaint would be the lack of inflection in the narrating voice.
I had the luck of visiting some of these buildings when I visited Greece, I cannot tell you how amazing it felt to visit some of these monuments. The Greeks were ahead of their time.
Never understood why this wasn't rebuilt or repaired it's crazy.
rebuilt an ancient monument? Are you a crazy person?
@@proksenospapias9327 Lot of these are ruins, not monuments. There's a difference they can repair a monument. So repair and restoration are needed.
@@drackkor725 which one of these was a ruin you complete waste of oxygen?
I had the liberty of visiting Athens in May and I saw most of the buildings you mentioned in this video. Most of these buildings don't look very impressive in images, but In person they are something else, and really take on a new status for me. The Hephaisteion, the best preserved one, really was great as well.
I moved back to our homeland in Greece with my family when I was 18..I once asked my husband "How come the rest of Europe has standing coliseum, fountain, statue's, temples,huge marble churches..etc." He said " Well the wars have ravaged this country and all we had" I just really wish I could of seen it in the olden days💖😍💖 just like Egypt !! I bet they were marvelous.. Take Care All 🌈🌺💙💕💜🌈💜🌈🌺💜💙💕
Other than Greece,only Italy in Europe has such ancient structures because the roman empire ruled for centuries. The rest of Europe has mainly medieval structures and they are preserved because they are not that ancient. And of course ,there have been many wars in Greece. Do not forget that christian fannatics destroyed numerous buildings and ancient sculptures.
@@vaggant5557 Yes and no
There were some case were this happened but its greatly exaggerated in historical discussions nowadays we actually have very few recorded cases of fanatical christians ingaging in this behavour and these cases the vandals were actually treated as criminals by the goverment and church athorities since temples (even if not in use) were state propetry
Also the rest are not as old as Greek monuments
The map shown at 1.28 et seq is weird, it shows important Greek islands, like Lesbos, Chios, Rhodos - and many more - inside Turkish waters. What is the idea?
This map is old, if you look carefully, you will see that the map does not have the name of Turkey at all, it just shows the eastern Greek colonies and the areas that the Greeks knew (Lydia, Caria, Phrygia, etc.) and the islands who was under their influence.
Great video, thanks! Would love to see a similar one for the best preserved Byzantine buildings.
I dont know if Garni Temple counts because it's in Armenia, but it looks very greek-like and is extremely well preserved
I think it was rebuilt.
@@rob6927 yea they were rebuilt with their original stones, but there were missing pieces so they just used regular stones so I guess it doesn't count
Alexandros the Great have reached many countries trying to give to humanity the greek style and culture and language maybe ancient times he has arrived to armenia and show them the greek style its pleasure from a greek to show to everyone the history of the true power that comes from ancient greece until now
@@SHI死-s8n You said it brother!
The Temple of Hephaestus is nice because it isn't overrun with daytrippers.
6:26 do you mean to imply that they were used in an interior before this monument? If so what building?
Not on an exterior, but a single column has been found inside the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, dated to 427 BC.
@@kingsandthings oh I meant interior, sorry. Thank you for the response and thanks for the great video!
If a building is worth keeping, it's worth fixing. There should be no ruins.
the reason why they dont get rubuild its because we want to keep their authenticity. like nowdays its not a big deal to buld a temple like that
Man what i would give just to go back in time to see ancient rome, the egyptians, even mesopotamia
Ancient buildings that were converted into churches were among the few that survived from ancient times-some examples being the Greek temple in Syracuse,Sicily whose columns are incorporated into the Catholic cathedral in the city -otherwise they were just left to endure the ravages of earthquakes(very common in these areas)and of the elements.There are many more Roman examples of this than Greek ones the supreme examples being the Pantheon in Rome -not to be confused with the Parthenon in Athens.This latter temple was also converted into a church and is probably why it survived.In the future we will probably have the same problem with the cathedrals and churches -what to do with them when congregations dwindle and can we put them to dignified uses.
This is already a large problem in Italy.
There are more than 900 churches in Rome. Most are cathedrals larger than the largest churches found in entire countries.
However the church has straight up given up on them. They are actually owned by the state. However as a lack of funds exist for them, they fall in decay.
Rome actually fairs pretty well.
In smaller towns, often shrinking becuase of urbanization, and with cathedrals larger than municipal buildings, churches are in complete disrepair. I saw cathedrals over 500 years old being repaired with stucco so cheap that I would not allow to be used to repair a wall in my house (however these are reparations founded by local elderly, as the goverment doesn’t put anything foward).
However nobody has any clue what to do with all these churches. When possible they are given up to tourists. However this only worsens the problem.
Tourists bring more decay, and make locals shy away, which further alienates locals from these churches and find a use for them.
Many could/should probably be used for public purposes. At least because the majority are state and not church owned. For example, the local senate could meet in them rather than their cheap decade year old local senate houses.
Tim’s obviously harder in Rome, where most important public institutions either alredy reside in palaces or are much too large to fit in churches with a limited amount of rooms.
Pantheon is also used as a place for the graves of the first 2 kings of Italy and Michelangelo
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Raphael is buried in the Pantheon, Michelangelo in Santa Croce, Florence.
@@patrickhows1482 yeah I switched them
You are half correct there are still many temples that were never converted yet still survived in greece the whole myth that christians were just going around destroying temples is innacurate yes there were some cases of *lone wolves* ingaging in such but these were very few and infact were considered criminal by the roman goverment
Very nice architecture , When we see this, we are amazed , Very Beautiful Country.
The Temple of Apollo Epicirus in Bassae is also very well preserved and trully impressive, although it it relatively unknown. It is located on a mountain, some 65km from Olympia and is not easily accessible
I’ve been to Athens … I almost couldn’t believe seeing The Parthenon before me ❤️
9:13 plz tell me the name of this painting, it's such an amazing example of Mediterranean fauna. :) btw an amazing video, my number 2 spot would have gone to..... temple of Concordia
It's "The Entry of King Othon of Greece in Athens" by Peter von Hess
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is Renovated in1785 , come on
@@skatiarhs007 oh the othon are ottomans??? Cause that happened a looooong time ago
Επίδαυρος”. A moment in my life that I will never, ever forget. On our honeymoon, we traveled from Athens to Tripoli to my cousin’s home, meeting them, for the first time...my newly found family, who I never met before , displaying that “Big, Fat Greek Hospitality” that I knew quite well growing up back in Chicago on the South Side. After a wonderful late lunch, we left and, on our way back to Athens, I saw it!.... the Sign! ... “Επίδαυρος“ ( Epidaurus)..."ΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΛΟ ΙΕΡΟ ΘΕΑΤΡΟ...THE GREAT HOLY THEATRE" ! "The Gods Were Good To Me, for My childhood dream had come true”. I made a quick, illegal turn to access the road that led to the Theatre.....(”Δεν υπάρχει αστυνομία ....No Police!”...Ha HA!)....driving endlessly on a forever Winding Road which seemed forever, indeed . The midday Sun was waning then when we arrived around 5 pm, and, to our shock, we saw there were no buses, no cars, no taxis, no tourist guides. NOTHING!......EMPTY ! It Was Closed !! Heartbreak!!! No !!....No Way !!. “I did not travel to this Mythical Wonder, winding around those treacherous cliffs, only to be turned back” ( try doing that to a Hellene, BTW ). But!...Wait a minute...Ok......I had an idea, though...a schemingly, clever Odyssean plan ...that of the use of Our timeless, secret weapon ... “ The Hellenic Art of BS !” Would it work, though, I wondered ? The gracious, old gentleman, with the keys to the entrance to the Theatre, at the bottom of that hill, listened quietly, intently and respectfully to my hopefully persuasive, sobbing narrative (after a minute of laborious persuasion...telling him that I was a “Hollywood Director and that my wife was the Leading Lady…. the Staring Actress” in a blockbuster movie that was being produced there shortly). Yes... my Hellenic Language failed me throughout, BUT! ..even so, the great Aristophanes ( He!.. who capitalized on the Art of BS in our ageless Comedic Culture of Theatre) stood by me in spirit, proud of my speech at that very moment...why... I could hear his applause over the joyed roar of his ancient audience intently! “ΚΑΛΟ ΝΙΚΟΣ”……Aristophanes said in his ancient, Attic Hellenic Language.... I know!.... I heard him say it”…... “αυτό είναι” Well now... chuckling with his twinkling eyes and with ageless Wisdom, the old caretaker caught my sincerity or, shall we say………..”My BS”, and immediately smiled ...then allowed us both to run up to see this world marvel without escort. "Έχετε μόνο 15 λεπτά! Θα έρθω να σε πάρω μετά από αυτό ..... Πήγαινε!" ( “you have 15 minutes ..after that I’ll come get you myself !!...GO! GO NOW... ON YOUR WAY!”) This man must be from Crete, I thought ! “ΙΣΧΥΡΟΣ”... STRONG & “ΣΚΛΗΡΟΣ”... TOUGH ! “Ένας Έλληνας γνωρίζει έναν Έλληνα, προφανώς!”....”A Hellene knows a Hellene.....profound!”..... apparently!. Well, we ran like Olympian Athletes up the hill ...to my “Dream Come True” since I was a child ! I was finally there... stunned ...crying endless tears. We were all alone.... no one else.....just the flowered, Northern Winds whistling softly. Yes.. I was allowed by the Gods now...standing over the weathered, bronze coin that Euripides once stood on in the center orchestra.... “Στεκόμουν μπροστά σε ένα μυθικό ελληνικό αυτί”…( I was standing in front of an Ancient Mythical Ear ). Respectively, rubbing my hands with the fertile soil of my father’s land, I waived to my wife as she climbed to the very top. I shouted “MOLON !”…. “LABE !” ( “COME!”....”TAKE!” ) and she responded like a timeless "Kouroi" maiden with that smile......her quintessential Hellenic "Contrapposto Pose"....PERFECT ! I knew then My Dream had come to fruition. I was on Olympus itself. As my wife and I traded places, she standing on the center bronze coin down in the orchestra and me now standing at the top of the theatre, I was profoundly stunned by her voice..so clear...so robust...thus realizing what “Genius My Ancestors Gave To Humanity”. Epidauvros is marvel of acoustics !
The stone steps filter the background noise and create a phenomenon called ‘virtual pitch,’ which enhances the clarity and quality of sound. Additionally, the distance between the rows of seats diffuses the sound everywhere with the same intensity. Other factors include the sound bouncing back from the hard, compact surface of the orchestra and the theater stands, the good quality marble used, the quiet scenery and the constant breeze blowing from the orchestra to the viewers.
Now...Let me tell you all what the sound is really like ...exactly. Take both hands and place them behind both ears, as the elderly do when listening. Then.... speak your thoughts.... clearly abound ! Hence....all will flavor the exact magical sound quality expounded over two and a half thousand years of “Hellenic Brilliance” ...... “The Immortality that is ...
The Greeks and Romans were years ahead of their time in many areas of social, political, and archaeological feats. Studying classics is amazing and I hope to visit these places later down the road.
Keep in mind that the Parthenon remained largely intact well into the 1700s until the occupying Turks who were using it as a munitions storage destroyed a lot of the interior in an explosion. They were also demolishing it in order to burn the marble to produce lime.
Yet it is the English who are berated for ‘stealing’, thereby preserving, the Elgin marbles.
@@brianwillson9567 And who are now being pressed to return the marbles. Lord Elgin purchased them, he didn't steal them.
@@kirbywaite1586 exactly. That is why I put ‘stealing’ in parentheses. I personally think their rightful place is in the Athens museum , but ON LOAN. Once again, Elgin/Britain are deemed ‘the baddies’ and Turkish involvement is conveniently forgotten.
@@brianwillson9567 Your point was worth repeating.
Well the Greeks despise the Turks, so i don't think they are completely overlooking the damage the Turks did.@@brianwillson9567
Greek temples have something special that roman one don't have. Greek temples are almost magical, like some old enigma nobody was able to solve yet.
You obviously don't know the Pantheon in Rome -can't think of a Greek temple that has more magic than this with its incredible dome -something Romans could construct but Greeks couldn't.
@@kaloarepo288 yeah because it happened later with technological advancements that weren't available to greeks. It isn't as mysterious like Greek buildings though.
@@kaloarepo288 the pantheon was build like 400 years later then Greek temples were build and the romans still used a Greek word for it 😂
@@kaloarepo288 I totally agree with Dein Haus. It was build much later and yeah the Romans used the name "Pantheon"is 110% Greek. "Πάνθεον"-"Pantheon" means All the Gods of one religion. Παν- Pan = All, Θεόν-Theon = God.
@@kaloarepo288 actually, Greeks could make domes, the dome of Hagia Sophia is entirely made from blocks and not concrete just like Greeks used to build.
Paestum is really amazing, i saw the temple twice, it s a fantastic area.
The Parthenon still has it's roof in the 1680s, but the Turks fortified the Acropolis, using the Parthenon to store their gunpowder. The Venetians found this far too convenient and targeted it.
Thanks Turkey! Thanks Venice! You're why we can't have nice things... There is a good chance it would still have it's roof today... assuming it would not all have been moved to The British Museum. :(
If you are going to blame Turkey and Venetians then why stop there? Blame christianity too since christians Greeks themselves destroyed the naked frescos etc on the Parthenon. Probably more damage than Venetians or Turkey, sorry Ottomans, ever did.
@@powerplayer9562 Because we are talking about "incredibly well preserved Greek buildings," and not "naked frescos." Because the Parthenon was the best preserved. Because the Turks stored explosives there under the assumption nobody would dare attack a structure of such cultural significance. Because the Venetians targeted it and destroyed the singular most well preserved Greek temple.
On the positive side it allowed the Venetians to take Athens for about a year. >.
@@Psychol-Snooper Dont you even know a single little bit about ancient Greek art? These "frescoes" or descriptions where ON the parthenon exterior. ussually naked people which was considered by pagan by later Christian Greeks who destroyed it. And why is it positive the Venetians took Athens for one year and where is the relevance?
@@powerplayer9562 any source for you're claims?
@@powerplayer9562 Here's an important question; why are you being so awkwardly aggressive? My comment was on the topic of the video, and highlights the greatest loss not only to the afore mentioned topic, but what would have been the most precious structure on the planet had it survived to the present. It could have. That fateful siege ripped pages out of the history of mankind that can never be replaced.
The reference to the cause of it's destruction (a petty squabble over the lines on a map for a year) was to satiate anyone's who would have just been curious as to the cause, and to fuel the hunger of any history lover who did not know the background.
As to your question... it was the literal opposite of positive. That was the most blatant use of sarcasm I could muster. It was a meaningless tragedy. (Not to the Athenians who suffered dreadfully, but they all would be dead anyway by now, and only we reap the bitter fruits.)
You should make a Patreon or due TH-cam membership, I would love to support theses videos further
Didn't expect to see a building 30 minutes away from my house on here!
I have read that the Turks used the Parthenon for target practice.
Excellent documentary!!
We just returned from Greece where we visited Delphi, but over the years and our many visits we have seen most of the buildings mentioned. I am currently reading the The Darkening Age, by Catherine Nixey. and am abhorred by the role that early Christians played in the destruction of such monuments and works of art. If interested it is an excellent read on the subject .
Something you should check out is the Temple at Memphis Tennessee they have a Temple complete copy of the one in Athens with the statue of Athen in it, all built to scale.
surprised Ephesus wasnt put in this list considering its a collect of buildings preserved
Just amazing you can take in a show in an amphitheatre that someone sat in over 2000 years ago.
I am surprised that you did not cover the temple at Agrigento (Sicily)
Do videos on chola dynasty and Rajendra Chola and his southeast Asia campaign
A lot of these buildings have been reconstructed, like the buildings in the Roman Forum... The arch of Titus being a prime example. Same thing with Greek ones.
Would you say that the reconstructions are fairly accurate? I've never been to these places.
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How were the ancients able to pull off such grand feats
Get a book about the architects. Read about the technical and mathematical advances as well. Engineering advances. It's all in there. We know far more than you'd ever think...
@@jamesforbes2205 I'm getting REALLY tired of these self-described experts who squawk "If I can't understand _[fill in blank here]_ it must be impossible. Or done by gods."
@user-eb5cb6ud1p especially since in this case we know how... directly from the evidence at hand or preserved writings.
@@jamesforbes2205 I wonder what is or isn't being taught in schools now. We had units on ancient and medieval architecture back in *middle school.* Sure it wasn't deep study but by Grade 8 we knew 100s of times more than these posters do. And in my case it whetted my appetite to learn more later on.
@@JayKarpwick they teach no.history at all.
I suggest you when you make a video containing Greek names or words, make a Google search for these words written in Greek. Copy - paste them one by one in Google Translate (choose Greek) and hit the speaker button to listen the correct pronunciation. Χορηγοί to karagi is a terrible pronunciation. It sounds Japanese :D :P
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Herodion theatre in Athens also - very much like Epidaurus. Show a performance there some years ago (the seven upon Thebes). But what about the Panathinaikon stadium ? This one is ancient too. Is n't it ?
Herodion is Roman
And the panathinaikon was rebuilt in 1896 for the olympics it’s quite new
@@arip172 Is it ? Wasn't Herodes Atticus a rich Athenian who built various things ? I don't think so.
It's Roman era actually but is regarded as a Greek structure because it was made by Herodes Atticus, not by the Romans.
@@arip172 But the Panathinaikon existed before 1896, with fewer seats.
I see, I click.
4:35 actually there is just one ancient greek there on the island of Euboea in Eretria that still has it's original ancient stage
Is there something wrong with the sound? Or is it just me. I seems muffled.
The productions at the out door theatre would have helped those who conditions, were made worse by distress, keep calm and happy, so although it could cure diseases like arthritis and heart disease, it would have helped the sufferers to cope better.
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The stadium at 1:18 is the one at Epidaurus, the one at Olympia is this one : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_at_Olympia Otherwise nice video.
I guess these were the buildings that weren't looted by the British.
8:02 why not restore the roof?
Cool
More than 20 years ago I went stealthy (forbidden entry) inside the Theater of Perge and I was struck by its level of preservation: every canonic element was still there waiting to get a good restoration ( it was dangerous indeed to walk on its terraces): what a vision! I couldn't find much information about it, and I had no camera with me,but I m almost sure it was a Roman construction, not Greek.
Anyway, if anybody knows something about it, which is much more interesting than the neighboring Aspendos one, still in use ( dreadful concrete fixings: that's what I remember of it...) please tell me whatever you know because it was a worthy building for sure.
it’s weird to think what those building went through
The Parthenon was blasted by the Turks, not by "an explosion". Speak the truth and don't hide these people's faults.
"in the 1600s"!!! Not bad, barely THREE centuries away!...
Meanwhile here in Albania we have incredible ancient structures with Roman, Illyrian and Ancient Greek architecture yet almost all of them are badly ruined due to earthquakes, rivers changing their course, human destruction and more.
For example the city of Apollonia in Albania (it was an Ancient Greek colony but it was built toghether with the Illyrians who were the locals) was one of the wealthiest cities of the ancient world, even Augustus studied there.
Today only 7% of the city is escavated and 93% is still hidden, the sad part is 90% of the stuff found arent well preserved because the city golden age dimmed after the Vjosa river changed its course from an earthquake.
Other great cities are Byllis, Amantia and Butrint.
But the one with the most destruction was the city of Dyrrachium modern day Durres which was one of the most important cities of the Mediterrean, controlling all of the trade through the Adriatic sea.
Dyrrachium was destroyed about 3 times due to big Earthquakes, there were more than 2 parthenons in the city and the Romans under Emperor Trajan built the biggest amphitheater in the whole of the Balkans there, with a capacity of 20k people to represent the cities but the amphitheater is now sadly very damaged, infact only 1/3 of the amphitheater is visible and due to the fast Christianisation of Albania the Amphitheater seats which were made out of marble were ruined and used in Churches (There is a church in the Amphitheater)
Also the city was so important even after its golden age was gone, it even became its own theme during Byzantium which covered all of modern albania and the montenegrin coast.
According to modern scholars, ancient Dyrrachium had the same size as the modern day city which is the 2nd biggest city in Albania currently.
Tells alot about its glorious past, the city that connected Rome and Constantinople with the Via Egnatia.
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Albania has a lot of Greek Structures for sure! 👍
@@adinfinitum000 Not at all. It explains why we have some buildings and not others. How history is contingent not inevitable.
I would say that the Temple of Bacchus in the Heliopolis in Lebanon is well preserved.
Places to visit ... in AC: Odyssey.