classicalmonuments: Hadrians Propylon and TempleTermessos, Pisidia, Asia Minor (Turkey)2nd century C
classicalmonuments: Hadrians Propylon and TempleTermessos, Pisidia, Asia Minor (Turkey)2nd century CE Hadrians Propylon was a gate building to which a wide staircase leads up in two sets of stairs. The stairs are almost entirely preserved, and the presence of the columns is attested by the discovery of column drums and a cantilevered architrave 2.20 m long, which spanned the central intercolumniation. Frieze and cornice pieces were also found. A corner piece of cornice with gutter strips running horizontally on both sides proves that no gable crowned the column structure. The cornice is profiled on both sides, on the outside with dentils, consoles, hanging plate and gutter strips with lion heads, on the inside only with large S-shaped Cyma. The width of the door is 1.70 m, its height 4.22 m. A dedication inscription on the architrave dedicates the building to Emperor Hadrian. A few steps behind this Propylon lie the ruins of a temple. It was an Ionic peripteros with a cella about 8 meters wide. Fluted columns drums up to 2 m in diameter were found, alonh with Attic wall and column bases, and Ionic capitals.Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 -- source link