Regia (building Type)
Regia is a classical building type, a place where a governing authority resides. It is among the ancient building types. Others are the tholos, the temple, the theater, the dwelling, and the shop. Buildings according to this type may be rectangular in plan with an interior courtyard. References Architecture {{architecture-stub ...
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Tholos (architecture)
A tholos (pl. ''tholoi''), from Ancient Greek θόλος, meaning "dome"), in Latin tholus (pl. ''tholi''), is an architectural feature that was widely used in the classical world. It is a round structure, usually built upon a couple of steps (a podium), with a ring of columns supporting a domed roof. It differs from a monopteros (Ancient Greek:ὁ μονόπτερος from the Polytonic: μόνος, ''only, single, alone'', and , ''wing''), a circular colonnade supporting a roof but without any walls, which therefore does not have a cella. It is not to be confused with the tholos tombs (or "beehive tombs") of Late Bronze Age Greece. Classical world Greece In Greece, the tholos is a round temple of Greek peripteral design completely encircled by a colonnade. A famous tholos can be seen in Delphi, the Tholos of Delphi. It has been dated to 370–360 BC. Its role remains unclear. The Philippeion in the Altis of Olympia was an Ionic circular memorial in limestone and marble, a t ...
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