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Ionic Order

One of the basic orders of architecture invented by the Greeks. Ionic architecture was developed by the Ionians in Greece prior to 500 B.C.. An Ionic column has a small base, a thin elegant shaft, and a capital composed of volutes.

   
 
Thunder Bay
   
Erectheum (440 B.C.)
  
       
 
Milan - Italy
 
Hadrian's Villa Italy (126 A.D.)
  
Milan - Italy
 
       
 
British Museum - London - England
 
Volubilis - Morocco - (200 A.D.)
  
Geneva - Switzerland (19th c.)