Tholos
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Ī¤holos may refer to:
- Tholos (building), a circular structure, often a temple, of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and in classical or neoclassical architecture
- Tholos (Ancient Rome), a structure found in the centre of the macellum
- Tholos (Athens), a building which housed the Prytaneion, or seat of government, in ancient Athens
- Tholos (Delphi), a circular building located approximately 800 metres from the main site of the ruined Temple of Apollo at Delphi
- Tholos (Epidaurus), a circular building with an ornate astronomical floor design
- Tholos (Washington DC), the tallest part of the United States Capitol dome, on which the Statue of Freedom stands
- Other circular buildings, either predating ancient Greece or from different geographical areas
- Tholos tomb, or Beehive tomb
- Tholos, keyhole-shaped houses of the Halaf culture of the Ancient Near East
Other meanings
- Tholos, an alternative name of Theologos, Rhodes, a village in Greece
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