Sites from antiquity with identified architects
WHS (or significant parts thereof) dating from Antiquity (before 476 AD), where a named architect is known as responsible for the design.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | Ictinus - "Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon" (wiki) | |
| Ancient Thebes | Senenmut (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut) | |
| Archaeological Site of Delphi | Dinocrates, Spintharus of Corinth | |
| Delos | Dinocrates | |
| Olympia | Porch of Agnaptus | |
| Pyramids (Memphis) | The Pyramid of Djoser was designed by Sneferu | |
| Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos | Tunnel of Eupalinos, Theodorus of Samos is the architect of the Doric Order temple Heraion of Samos. | |
| Rome | Apollodorus of Damascus designed Trajan's Forum, the Temple of Trajan, and Trajan's Column. Cocceius Auctus built the original Pantheon. Rabirius designed the Flavian Palace. | |
| Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae | Ictinus | |
| Tower of Hercules | "(...) it is the only Roman lighthouse of which the name of the architect and engineer who built it is known: Gaius Sevius Lupus, who immortalised his name by leaving it engraved on a commemorative inscription at the foot of his work". (Executive Summary, p. V) | |
| Verona | Lucius Vitruvius Cerdo designed Arco dei Gavi |
Suggestions?
Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Sites from antiquity with identified architects?
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