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    Crepidoma is an architectural term for part of the structure of ancient Greek buildings. The crepidoma is the multilevel platform on which the superstructure...
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    architecture, a stylobate (Greek: στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple columns are placed...
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    was constructed just slightly large enough to cover the crepidoma of the old temple. The crepidoma is the slightly raised structure at the base of a Greek...
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    always subdivided in three zones: the crepidoma, the columns and the entablature. Stereobate, euthynteria and crepidoma form the substructure of the temple...
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    at the back of the building, the opisthodomos. The building sat on a crepidoma (platform) of three unequal steps, the exterior columns were positioned...
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    The well-preserved peristasis of six by thirteen columns stands on a crepidoma of four steps (measuring 39.42 m × 16.92 m (129.3 ft × 55.5 ft), and 8...
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    measuring 43 m × 20.85 m (141.1 ft × 68.4 ft), mounted on a four-step crepidoma and having 6 x 13 columns; it dates to around 430 BC. It was built over...
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    them was kept to make their existence obvious. Lifting bosses of the crepidoma (base) of the Segesta temple, Sicily Levering bosses left on Inca walls...
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    exterior of the building. Every temple rested on a masonry base called the crepidoma, generally of three steps, of which the upper one which carried the columns...
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    ambition of being one of the largest ancient temples ever built, its crepidoma with 7 steps measures almost 60 by 120 meters and the stylobate 51 by...
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  • shoe Greek κρηπίς, κρηπίδος (krēpís, krēpídos), κρηπίδιον, κρηπίδωμα crepidoma cresc- grow, rise Latin crescere accresce, accrescence, accrescent, accrete...
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    twelve columns have been preserved, along with the foundations and the crepidoma and stylobate. The columns were crowned by low capitals and bore shallow...
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    4 metre-high columns, each formed from four stacked drums, rests on a crepidoma of four steps. The whole edifice is on a raised, largely artificial, spur...
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  • octastyle peripteral temple. It faced east and stood atop a three-stepped crepidoma, with a length of 68.3 metres (224 ft) and a width of 30.4 metres (100 ft)...
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    a base with continuous stairs of a few steps at each edges (known as crepidoma), a cella (or naos) with a cult statue in it, columns, an entablature...
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    constructed around 500-480 BC, It faced east and stood atop a three-stepped crepidoma, with a length of 68.3 metres and a width of 30.4 metres, making it roughly...
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    columns, joined by their entablature Column Corbel Cornerstone Cornice Crepidoma Crocket Cryptoporticus Cupola Decastyle Diaulos Diocletian (thermal) window...
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  • shoe Greek κρηπίς, κρηπίδος (krēpís, krēpídos), κρηπίδιον, κρηπίδωμα crepidoma cresc- grow, rise Latin crescere accresce, accrescence, accrescent, accrete...
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    hexastyle temple with 15 columns at each side with two inner chambers on a crepidoma of 3 steps. It was like the Temple of Hera at Olympia, but built entirely...
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    temples usually consist of a base with stairs at each edges (known as crepidoma), a cella (or naos) with a cult statue in it, columns, an entablature...
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  • and architects use the term in discussion of Classical architecture. Crepidoma Ancient Greek temple Robertson, D. S. (1929). Handbook of Greek and Roman...
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    Hekatompedon was a hexastyle peripteral Doric temple with a 46-metre long crepidoma and that was located on the site of Parthenon. The pediments were colourfully...
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    the blocks in the Agora. The front façade of the temple consisted of a crepidoma of three steps. The temple was prostyle, meaning that it had columns only...
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    Doric colonnade of a scale two-thirds of that of the central hall. The crepidoma of the wings is in the canonical three-step form and in Pentelic marble...
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    completely carved out of the solid rock The lowest part of the monument is a crepidoma, a base made of three steps. Above it there is a stylobate, upon which...
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    entablature and some of the capitals. The building was constructed on a crepidoma of three steps, which was erected on top of a substructure on the northern...
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  • Coved ceiling Covertway Crannog Creole architecture in the United States Crepidoma Crescent Cresting Crimson Architectural Historians Crinkle crankle wall...
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    The Parthenon, shows the common structural features of Ancient Greek architecture: crepidoma, columns, entablature, and pediment...
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    walls were finely finished on the inside, and it contained a now lost crepidoma. The tomb of Alyattes was excavated by the Prussian Consul General Ludwig...
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    whole structure stood atop a three-step crepidoma, which was 1.068 metres high. At the bottom step of the crepidoma, the superstructure was 34.961 metres...
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