- In architecture, a
hypostyle (/ˈhaɪpəˌstaɪl, ˈhɪpə-/) hall has a roof
which is
supported by columns. The term
hypostyle comes from the
ancient Gr**** ὑπόστυλος...
- The
Great Hypostyle Hall is
located within the
Karnak Temple Complex, in the
Precinct of Amon-Re. It is one of the most
visited monuments of
Ancient Egypt...
- for
their own
religious purposes, such as
Coptic churches. The
Great Hypostyle Hall in the
Precinct of Amun-Re has an area of 50,000 sq ft (5,000 m2)...
- The
Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of
Medieval Anatolia (Turkish: Anadolu'nun Orta Çağ Dönemi Ahşap
Hipostil Camileri) are a
World Heritage Site consisting...
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Apadana (Old Persian: 𐎠𐎱𐎠𐎭𐎴, [apəˈdänə] or [äpəˈdänə]) is a
large hypostyle hall in ****polis, Iran. It
belongs to the
oldest building phase of the...
-
built since then.
Rebuilt and
expanded over time, it soon
became a
larger hypostyle structure. It
probably served as a
model for the
construction of early...
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acceptance as ruler. A
hypostyle hall is a
large room
consisting of many
columns to
support a roof; the temple's two
hypostyle halls may have been the...
- In
Islamic architecture, the
hypostyle hall is the main
feature of the
hypostyle mosque. One of the
earliest hypostyle mosques is the
Tarikhaneh Mosque...
- and
natural motifs.
Egyptian columns are
famously present in the
Great Hypostyle Hall of
Karnak (c. 1224 BC),
where 134
columns are
lined up in 16 rows...
- Kingdom,
architects added the pylon, the open courtyard, and the
enclosed hypostyle hall to the
front of the temple's sanctuary, a
style that was standard...
