The Largest Greek Temple Ever Built
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- How could the Ancient Greeks build such an enormous construction? Explore with me the Temple of Apollo at the Sanctuary of Didyma near Miletus, and discover the Greek architecture of present-day Turkey.
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Temple of Apollo at Didyma: 00:00
Architecture of the Temple: 1:33
Craft of the Columns: 3:15
Enormous Scale: 3:48
Interior the Naos: 5:59
Oracle Chamber: 9:30
Stylobate: 10:17
Ornaments and Details: 11:20
Sacred Way: 12:28
Construction Process: 13:10
Middle Ages: 14:22
A Wonder of the World: 14:42
What's your favorite Greek temple?
Ooohhhh, why don`t you ask me the meaning of life?
My heart is at Parthenon, my brian is at Knossos and my soul is in Delphi.
But all my ceramic is ICAROS from Rodos ❤
Artemis. I do wonder though how a temple that big is leveled to the ground. It would probably have taken as much effort to destroy it than build it. What did they do to it
Selinunte in Sicily is very beguiling. Not just the remnants of the huge major temples but the cult sites of Demeter and Hecate. All remarkable survivals as the site was abandoned from pre-roman times until the early modern period. It is a very special place.
The Temple of Apollo at Delphi for its importance in the ancient classical world and where it is located which is quite breath taking like Machu Picchu.
The Temple of Aphaia on the Island of Aigina.
crazy to think that most of the Hellenic built cities and temples are actually in the eastern coast of the aegean
That's right, the Ancient Greek world occupied not only present-day Greece, but also Turkey, Egypt, and the south of Italy, as well as well as many other city-states along the mediterranean.
Greek cities as far as Afghanistan
There were Mycenaean (and Minoan) colonies in Asia Minor in the Bronze Age. Very, very long history.
the eastern coast of the meditareanean had been greek for thousands of years until 1922
There are more intact Greek temples in Sicily than in Greece :)
The temple of Apollo at Didyma will always have a special place in my heart. As it was the subject of my first Architectural history and theory essay at uni.
There I was in 2007 and 2013. Only few columns, but Temple ruins magnificent and fantastic.
@@krzysztofzobek8996 Yeah, that is what I wrote in the essay. Paraphrasing this a lot (it was 20+ years ago) "Due to its unfinished nature and earthquakes only a few full remaining columns survive in the present day."
Manuel, I cannot tell you how much I enjoy your videos. It is a good day when I find one posted for us. Thank you for making them.
Glad you like them!
They are worth visiting when visiting Turkey. There are well preserved Greek temples up and down its coast.
I've been watching you for years Manny and I think you have the best channel about ancient sites on TH-cam.
Very nice!
Thank you for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoy my videos!
Never heard about this particular temple before. Thanks from Caracas, Venezuela.
It's absolutely stunning! To think nothing of this scale would be seen again until Hagia Sophia in Constantinople a thousand years later and St. Peter's in Rome a thousand years after that! Amazing!
Only that the Great Pyramids of Egypt were greater, larger, older and are still standing 😊
@@John_O_Connorand there’s a pyramid in Bosnia (I’ve had pleasure to visit) 😊
It’s twice the size of Giza, and perfectly aligned
and there are 2000 pyramids around the world on specific leylines, so are all these temples - the ancient advanced civilizations of the past - In plain sight - as we collectively learn to drop the old- minuscule-
school taught version of humanity’s history and evolution timeline
Making room for for a far greater and more ancient understanding of the world we live in.
Greco- Romans simply inherited these places from the previous global civilization following in their footsteps becoming more and more material/ deanser, as that was the time of densification of consciousness and our bodies - the pendulum has now changed direction, thus we’re becoming more aware of the spiritual reality and the past that was more connected to its power.
civilizations of the past, with their bodies far larger than ours, for which we only have stories of giants and titans/ large bone discoveries and tall doorways of ancient buildings and temples, all around the world, . - left for us to now piece together better understanding of history and evolution.
Listening souls evolution from anthroposophical perspective, makes it easier to see it all together as deeper understanding and a living science, that sees beyond the material confines of our upbringing.
and there’s a pyramid in Bosnia (I’ve had pleasure to visit) 😊
It’s twice the size of Giza, and perfectly aligned
and there are 2000 pyramids around the world on specific leylines, so are all these temples - the ancient advanced civilizations of the past - In plain sight - as we collectively learn to drop the old- minuscule-
school taught version of humanity’s history and evolution timeline
Making room for for a far greater and more ancient understanding of the world we live in.
Greco- Romans simply inherited these places from the previous global civilization following in their footsteps becoming more and more material/ deanser, as that was the time of densification of consciousness and our bodies - the pendulum has now changed direction, thus we’re becoming more aware of the spiritual reality and the past that was more connected to its power.
civilizations of the past, with their bodies far larger than ours, for which we only have stories of giants and titans/ large bone discoveries and tall doorways of ancient buildings and temples, all around the world, . - left for us to now piece together better understanding of history and evolution.
Listening souls evolution from anthroposophical perspective, makes it easier to see it all together as deeper understanding and a living science, that sees beyond the material confines of our upbringing.
Pantheon? The Baths of Diocletian?
There were definitely some structures prior.
@@John_O_ConnorWell, the very basic nature of the Pyramid is what keeps it standing. Unless you believe Columned Temples should be more durable design than a simplistic stacked Pyramid? 🤔 Or the Colossus of Rhodes? I can keep the list going 😅
There are many beautiful temples from ancient Hellas but after a month ago I have to the the *Palace of Aigai* near the city of Αιγές/Aiges in Makedonia.
This was built by Phillip II at the centre of the Makedonia. Alexander started his conquest from this place!
You should really come and see it if you can!
It open a month ago after 16 years of revocations! It was completely deserted but we found it’s foundations and they tried to reconstruct some of it! It was so huge that it could fit three Parthenons inside of it and still have space!
Wow! That sounds incredible. I hope to be able to visit Macedonia sometime. It is such as a fascinating part of the world.
@@annwilliams6438 You'll be visiting Macedonia in Greece - fyi
@@annwilliams6438Macedonian lands you should visit in Greece is pella the born place of alexander the great
@annwilliams6438 ofcourse you can go!!it's in Greece next to Thessalonica!!!!and really it's amazing place!!you can see there even the place where Alexander the Great was crowned as king of Greeks!
@@annwilliams6438 it worths a visit!
This is the place we’re Alexander crowned King after his father’s death.
Near to this place is Vergina, where we have founded the tomb of Philip II, Alexander’s father and you can see his tomb, crown, armour, and various belongings.
It’s weird and fascinating to walk on places that “those people” have walked before!
数十年前、私もここを訪れました。なぜ、ここに、こんな巨大な神殿があるのか不思議でなりませんでしたし、内部構造も、その保存状態の良さも、不思議でした。このビデオで少しは理解できましたが、やはり古代の大きな不思議の一つであることに変わりはありません。繊細な装飾と上質な巨大石のスケール感はほんとうに見事です。
Detailed closeups, and thorough narration of history and details of the buildings. Thanks.
What a great way to welcome the new year! Would have loved to see this temple in its heyday, but thank you for bringing it back to life
Then, there are people like me who have never set foot on Europe. For unlucky reasons. Im the ONLY member in my Family who hasnt been there. And i feel like an ignorant person for it. I wish i could go back in time and do things differently. But that is not how it works. Right now im debating if i should go on a organizing spree in my room, or go out to the gym. I need both. But which is more important right now? Also its getting kind of late. Gym is still open, but when i come back i will have to go soon to sleep.
@@majortom4543
This is not Europe
During Roman times Ionia
formed the Roman province of Asia
It’s great to hear this from someone who understands the architecture and nomenclature of ancient building, thank you.
I've visited Greece and some other ancient sites. It's amazing how much rubble there is. I for one would support restacking as many of the old stones as possible, not to fully restore the structure, just to integrate what we have.
Because of the erosion on the ruble, the process to do this takes for ever. As the builders have to create one of a kind pieces to help them fit i
A full laser scan of each rock would quickly allow AI to rebuild whatever the remains represent.
@@Tigs2 It's not the lack of technology, rather than the approach has to be as such as to preserve the maximum of what's left.
@@georgetsapekis 100% agreed George 👍
Manuel - Thanks for a fascinating video of an astonishing place! How extraordinary it must have been! Greetings from Crete...
Since i will never get to see the ancient Greek temples in person..........I did visit the "temple" you showed in Nashville, TN.......it was very impressive and surprised to find it there when i visited the State..........just found your channel and subbed......enjoying the vids...great job...
The Graeco-Roman civilization is so wonderful. Thank you for this video.
This is greek civilization my friend, not graeco-roman
@@tilesremapa Also, most if not all Roman buildings were built either by Greek architects or by their students.
@@tilesremapahe said some construction was done by romans in 130ad at 13:25
@@tilesremapa that's right, I have a question. Why greeks never fought Romans. Never heard of any war of that kind. Unlike they neighbours in the north Illyrians who fought Romans for over 250 years.
@@user-bc5kq5op8f of course they fought, but they lost. How do you think Romans conquered the greek peninsula? Using peace?
The culture of Greece is scattered throughout the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Great voice acting and great content! Good luck!
I thought the same until I gone deeper in history and the so called greeks disappearing the more you learn.
And all the way over into Pakistan and India.
@@johnsherfey3675 wrong. Buildings, archeology? Yes. But not the culture. There's no greek culture left in Pakistan or India. Or even the black sea - greeks in Ukraine and Russia are basically russified.
@@hulking_presence strange because there are Albanian communities in all those countries you mentioned, but that not surprised considering that Alexander the Great was not greek in the first place.
Αλέξανδρος ο μέγας..
Was pure greek macedonian..his father φίλιππος unify Greeks .. I suggest you to read more about ancient greek civilization.. communism didn't work good in Albanian education system 😢
This is one of my absolute favourite Greek temples and you've covered the subject very well🙏
Not greek !!!
I've had the opportunity to visit almost all Greek temples in Greater Greece (Greece, Italy, Turkey) and these videos make me so happy to revisit them all. Awesome information too. Keep up the great work.
In the island of Sicily there were 2 doric temples, on in Akragas ( Agrigento) and the second in Selinous, that were almost as big. So they could built gigantic temples of the doric style
Correct.
I wish I would have seen this facinating and informative video before I went to Turkey and visited the one standing column that remains of the Temple of Artemis instead. May your travels in Turkey include Troy, the Hittite capital Hattusha, Catal Huyuk and oldest of them all Gobekli Tepe. Not to mention Miletus considered by some to be the birthplace of Greek philosophy.
03:31 there’s swastikas in the design on the column. Interesting to note for those discerning.
Well, swasticas were a common decorative element in Greek art (among other civilizations). It appears in buildings and statues (as a decoration of clothes etc).
Ancient motif.
Makes me wonder if Alexander brought it back from his journey as it was more common near inda
Very interesting. Was not aware of this temple with the 23 semesters of college and all of the architecture history classes I have taken. Glad to have found your informative video. Keep up the great work my friend! 😎
Awesome video. Thanks! Ancient Greece and Turkey must be really cool to see in person.
I was in Athens, Ephesus, Miletus and Didyma! There are some truly impressive temples in Ionia. Pergamon is also mind blowing!
Yes, Hellenism still lives ........... survived through much barbarism !!!
So many builders would have come and gone building just one of these temples - they should be appreciated much more
Thank you, from a Greek admirer of your channel
Love your passion for these amazing creations. I've never seen this temple in so much detail and knew so little about it. Thankyou.
Thank you for the video! Just one thought. In the centre of Athens there is some ruins of the temple of Olympian Zeus which was significantly bigger than the Parthenon and the biggest among the temples in Greece.
Correct.
love ancient european & mediterranean history, thank you
And yet another impressive and fascinating video added to your channel. Thank you for sharing! You produce some of the very best material about past architecture and city planning.
I love greek history 😍
I hope you can also recreate the palace of Persepolis before it got burned
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Please keep teaching us these architectural terms, I love to learn this stuff!
Very interesting, thanks so much.
Manuel, you are a good dude.
Thank you for producing such quality videos about such great things
Im excited that I am able to see all of this behind your eyes. Your a great explorer; keep it up.
Excellent video. One of your best, Manuel.
Excelente video Manuel!
Amo la cultura y arquitectura de la antigua Grecia. Haber estado en el Partenón de Atenas ha sido uno de los mejores momentos de mi vida.
Gracias a tus videos ahora conozco este nuevo templo que planeo visitar, así como la réplica del Partenón en Nashville.
Great job, very interesting.
Nothing can compare with Parthenon nor other Greek or Roman structure.
There is golden ratio and other techniques/ technologies which are unique.
Watching this really makes you wonder how these massive stone temples got to be in so much damage. Like what could have caused that much destruction to solid stone?
Invaders destroy them very sad
No invaders. *rolleyes
The oracle's importance declined in later antquity, so there was less money to continue building and for the upkeep of the existing structure, especially after the cult of the oracle ceased altogether during the 4th century.
Then, the city got hit by massive earthquakes in the 7th and 15th century, destroying the town and the temple. The temple's remains were also scavenged for building materials in later centuries, which is quite normal for sites like this.
@@varanainvader spotted
Almost everything from this time is gone. It's a wonder that anything remains. They used to pulverize and burn marble to extract the lime for mortar in the dark ages.
As Christianity became dominant after the fall of Rome there were organized attacks on classical "pagan" art, architecture and literature by Christian zealots. This is a quote from the bible "AND YE SHALL OVERTHROW THEIR ALTARS, AND BREAK THEIR PILLARS, AND BURN THEIR GROVES WITH FIRE; AND YE SHALL HEW DOWN THE GRAVEN IMAGES OF THEIR GODS". Of course the passage of time, earthquakes etc contributed to the destruction but the waves of attacks that Christians launched did immense damage.
Thank you for making such entertaining and informative videos. I would never have even heard of these temples if it wasn't for your video.
Gracias por hacer estos videos!! Por favor sigue. Son los mejores en TH-cam
Manuel every time I see one of your videos and hear the explanation I feel a little wiser thank you God blees you
Manuel is magnificent! Thanks Again
Thank you for your video ,greetings from 🇬🇷
Love your content !
Wonderful tour. Well explained. Really learned & now have further appreciation of the sites. Thank you.
I discovered your channel through this video and I am really delighted, thank you for this work.
Loved your video, my friend!
I like watching videos that I know are going to be superb before I actually watch it. Your channel makes this possible. Thank you for making this.
I always learn so much watching your wonderful videos. Thank you!
Beautiful video. Thank you for the work! 🤗
Mind blowing. Thank you.
This was super cool. Thanks!
I love all your videos, and I always get excited when there is a new one, thank you so much for sharing these wonders, I am a big fan!
Where is this , I want to save it to mu Google maps
It's in the town of Didim, in the west coast of Turkey.
@ManuelBravo ive been to many sites in Greece and paestum near naples so ancient wanderings is right up my street.
Thank you for an awesome vid!
Such a wonderful and insightful video
I did not know that there was any Greek temple that was so huge . I am a history buff so I have because of this , I have seen many photos of ruins , including Greek ruins of temples . I had no idea that there were Greek temples that huge , as I already said . I am from Colombia.
Gosh Manuel your videos are wonderful. They answer questions I'd forgotten, and questions I never knew to ask. I love your work!
Thank you,for another gem, this beautiful place is going to be my holiday destination this year.
Gran trabajo, felicitaciones Manuel!
Hello Manuel, excellent job. I am a tour guide from the region of Ephesus and i must admit that your videos are some of the most educative videos available. I would really enjoy to see a video about the Luwians who occupied the western coasts of Turkey before the arrival of the Greeks.
What a great video! Thank you so much!!! I love it.
In Ephesus just north of the temple of Artemis there is a mosque you can see up the hill from the temple. It was built using marble from the ruins of the old temple. 😢
Your post answers the very question over why these structures were deconstructed. The building materials went into the making of churches and mosques. They were a ready source of finished, building materials.
thank you for your hard work!
4:28 Almost twice as wide, twice as long, twice as tall... The Temple of Apollo is almost EIGHT times as large as The Parthenon.
Excellent explanation and video, there so much of the ancient Greek world that we have yet to learn or understand.
Thank the gods they were very big in writing and documenting for us and the future generations of humans to enjoy and learn from this great civilization.
I am so amazed at how beautifully vast an area that the ancient Greek world occupied..
My classroom loves your videos!
Fantastic material 😮❤
yet another great video 👏🏽
Well done, Manuel. Beautifully-made video!
No paro de asombrarme por la cantidad y calidad de restos griegos y romanos que quedan en Turquía. Da para varios viajes sin duda. Ojalá pases mucho tiempo en Turquía para enseñarnos todo lo que puedas. ¡Gracias por tu labor!
Gracias Manuel. Excelente video como siempre, muy didáctico y completo.
Mucho éxito.
@15:49 - you look like the spitting image of young steve jobs! thx for the great and informative video! ☺️
Brilliant presentation. 🙏 Thank you!
Espectacular, no se puede creer el tamaño. Pude estar en el partenon y es gigantesco. No imagino el tamaño de los demás. Gracias por el video ❤
Great Video, thanks
I would much appreciate this video to be in Spanish. It's amazing and I would love to share it with my Spanish speaking loved ones.❤❤❤
Superlative video and commentary. Many thanks.
Such a great video, thank you Manuel!! I just visited the Met in nyc this week and saw one of the columns from the temple of Apollo. Unbelievably thicccccc!
I like your work, thank you for shading light to the ancient world
Excellent production! ❤may your greatness remain!
Thank you. I’m enjoying your channel. Amazing post.
So glad I came across your video series. I find them so educational and enjoyable. Thank you for the work you put into them and for posting them.
You always choose such interesting sites, and I always enjoy watching your videos, Manuel. Do you intend to come to England and talk about places like the city of Bath? I hope so.
Excellent video!
Thank you for the video.
Very good research.
Hard to imagine the construction site to put them up.
Excellent! Thank you!
That was a very impressive video. I have watched many others too!
BRAVO, MANUEL!!!
Infact: BRAVISSSSSSIIIIMMMOOOO!!!!!
Thank you, love your videos
I still have my VHS tapes of the 7 Worlds by John Romer. Good to see these temple sites again. Thanks Manuel.
Thanks for your video and I will subscribe . I studied ancient history , greek and roman history that is , at a level standard in the Uk and have never heard of these enormous temples before ...quite fantastic ... and want to see more . Cheers
Your videos are compleatly amazing, thanks i love them
Excellent quality. Thank-you for a valuable guide to this significant building.
I'm not really into architecture, but I found this topic super interesting. Great job covering the history of these magnificent buildings! 👍