Tetrapylon, Aphrodisias Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The Tetrapylon was the monumental columnar entrance to the sanctuary of Aphrodite. It has sixteen columns 4 X 4 supporting elaborate pediments on each side. A complete stone-for-stone reconstruction or anastylosis of the structure, using 85% original blocks, was completed in 1991. It is a richly ornamented prestige building in the style of the Antonine period mid-later second century AD