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Corinthian Columns at the United States Capitol

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From the 1800s to the 1900s, the use of all previous column styles is still seen throughout the United States, as well as in other countries, from European conquering and colonialism. A famous example is Corinthian columns at the United States Capitol Building.

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Through European colonialism, immigration, and trading, from about 1492 to 1812, the column made its way to Latin America. An example is the twisted-columns, which has its origins in Granada, Spain, but can be widely seen in 17th-century Mexican churches.

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Trajan Column, Foro Traiano, Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

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The Colonnades in St. Peter's Square, Rome, Italy show Roman style columns. 

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Roman Columns: The Tuscan and Composite 

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Roman Columns: The Tuscan and Composite 

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The ancient Romans modeled their new column styles after the ancient Greeks as the Roman Tuscan is a lot like the Greek Doric; the main difference between the two is the Tuscan doesn't have grooves. Made in the classical time of 300 BCE, the Roman Composite is like a fancier version of the Greek Corinthian.

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In circa. 400 BCE, the Nabateans, a nomadic trading civilization, built the city of Petra in modern-day Jordan. Since the Nabateans traded with Greece and Rome, the cultural influence of columns from those areas of what Nabatean traders saw got incorporated into the architectural design of Petra.

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Persepolis, Iran has columns called Persian or Persepolitan columns. 

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From the Greeks to Persia (modern-day Iran), the Achaemenid era architecture started having columns, called Persian or Persepolitan columns, in around 500 BCE. They had a special style in which the huge columns have a base, flutes, and a capital, the top portion of a column, decorated with animals, mostly bulls.

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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Epimenidou, Athens, Greece

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The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, Greece has Corinthian columns. 

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Corinthian Columns: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens, Greece

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Corinthian Columns: Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens, Greece

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As it is the most embellished of the columns, it was developed the latest in 425 BCE, when the Greeks had more architectural knowledge. At the top of the Corinthian column, the added touches of carved leaves of the acanthus plants, a Mediterranean plant, sit.

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The Erechtheum in Athens, Greece has Ionic columns. 

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Ionic Columns: Erechtheum, Athens, Greece

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Ionic Columns: Erechtheum, Athens, Greece

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Created after the Doric in the mid 600 BCE by the Greeks in the Aegean Islands and Asia Minor, the Ionic is modeled after the Doric. The unique part of the Ionic is that is thinner and more decorative.

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The Parthenon in Athens, Greece has Doric style columns. 

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Doric Columns: Parthenon, Athens, Greece

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Doric Columns: Parthenon, Athens, Greece

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From Egypt, the Greeks started using columns in 800 - 700 BCE. Designed in mainland Greece and its western areas, the Doric style column is one of the oldest, plainest orders as it has no base (see image above).

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The great Hypostyle Hall, Luxor City, Luxor, Egypt

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The Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple of Amon

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Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple of Amon, Luxor, Egypt

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Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple of Amon, Luxor, Egypt

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During a time in ancient Egypt called the Middle Kingdom (from 2000 BCE-1600 BCE), the actual stone, fluted, or grooved, column was created. Usually, Egyptian columns had embellishments on the capital, or top portion of the column, with lotuses, papyrus flowers, or palm fronds (see images above).

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Pyramid of Djoser, Al Giza Desert, Egypt

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Pyramid of Djoser, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara, Egypt

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Pyramid of Djoser, Al Giza Desert, Saqqara, Egypt

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During the Bronze Age (from 3000 -1000 BCE), the ancient Egyptians created the first stone column-like structure in the entrance to the Step Pyramid of Djoser (see image above). Even though the columns aren't "real" as they give no support and are held up by the walls, they paved the path for actual columns to come.

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