Temple of Poseidon - Cape Sounion Greece

[Sid]

During the holidays i was out and about with my best friend who came out to visit me for the holidays all the way from Vancouver, Canada.

it was a great visit and we did a lot of sightseeing.

I was able to take a few pics one of them was a 360 Panorama of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion.

Temple of Poseidon

Hope you guys like it.

[RaymondV]

It is amazing to me that something that old is still standing.
Wikipedia says it was built in 440BC.
What also amazes me is from the looks of your picture, it looks virtually unguarded from anyone that wants to go near it.
I do see somewhat of a fence around the area you took the photo from.
Do they allow anyone to go near the columns ?

[JACKSJE4]

Great photo! Are you using a special camera to do that?

Too bad there is grafitti on the rock at your feet.

[mcknli7]

that is a beautiful site

[dattia]

Gorgeous!

[compirate]

You Greeks are so slow, when are you ever gonna finish it?

[DrDark]

WOW
Please tell us mortals how to take photos like this.

[compirate]

Get a really nice camera, a special panorama head for the tripod, a very expensive fisheye lens, some not too cheap software and a lot of practice, and you too can be Panorama-man!

[Moparformances]

Amazing Pic again Sid...

Quite a shameless Plug have u no shame

at least next time just put Sid was hear

[new in town]

Thank You.

[jmaclerran]

Excellent

[beachcat]

beautiful pictures Sid . I feel Like I am there seeing it myself. Thank you

[BigBearSteve]

Thank You Sid!!

Beautiful

[Meathead]

It is amazing to me that something that old is still standing.

Heck, LD stands up every morning!!!


Thanks for the cool pic, Sid. This time at least I can see your shadow. But your feet are missing.

[hanabi]

Amazing site and sight!!

A 360 pic is the nearest I can get to actually being there at the moment, and I have to say that it is great how you can navigate around the pic to see ruins from different angles

Nice work Sid

[takethecastle57]

You could have photoshop some sheep there . Great picture !!!

[Sid]

It is amazing to me that something that old is still standing.
Wikipedia says it was built in 440BC.
What also amazes me is from the looks of your picture, it looks virtually unguarded from anyone that wants to go near it.
I do see somewhat of a fence around the area you took the photo from.
Do they allow anyone to go near the columns ?

a little about the site itself, the temple is at the top of a small hill, so what you are seeing is the top of the hill, to access the temple you must go through a gate, pay and admission of 4Euro / $6 and make your way up to the top.

I was very lucky that day as there was no one up there but us, there is a guard shack behind the temple as you see it discretely tucked away so as not to be in the way.

the fence that you see is to keep people from getting to the columns, if im not mistaken the ability to actually walk through the temple was stopped in the early 70's to cut down on the wear and tear caused by mass numbers of tourists.

during the summer months it is very hard to walk around up there due to the number of people that come to see the monument. Many stay until sunset as its an amazing view from the hill.

Great photo! Are you using a special camera to do that?

Too bad there is grafitti on the rock at your feet.

Not a special camera, just special lens and equipment and software..
as for the graffiti, although you can not see it when you are close to the temple you can see where people have carved their names and the date they visited into the stone. Most of the inscriptions date back to the mid to late 1800's as well as early 1900's its interesting in a way and sad in another.

You Greeks are so slow, when are you ever gonna finish it?

Yeah I know!!! there are like so many of these uncompleted construction sites all over.. you think they would get motivated.. but its the trade unions i tell you and their work stoppages... and you guys thought it was bad over there

WOW
Please tell us mortals how to take photos like this.

What compirate said

Heck, LD stands up every morning!!!


Thanks for the cool pic, Sid. This time at least I can see your shadow. But your feet are missing.

Actually you dont see my shadow in the picture, the shadow that you see is the column at the bottom of the picture, you can however see the cameras shadow which extends over the columns shadow.

You could have photoshop some sheep there . Great picture !!!

well its not really tourist season so they aren't out and about...

[Sid]

And here is another one.. not as good as the other one as it was a real cloudy and miserable day..

Mars Hill

Unfortunately i couldnt get the tourists out of the way on this one..

Areopagus, or Mars hill as it is called internationally has quite an interesting history. you can find out more if you so wish via this link

Areopagus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[takethecastle57]

I don't know it's all Greek to me !!


Thank you, Thank you I'll be here all week try the brisket!

[new in town]

Good STUFF ! ! !