Τholos may refer to:
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Tholos (architecture)
A tholos (pl. ''tholoi''), from Ancient Greek θόλος, meaning "dome"), in Latin tholus (pl. ''tholi''), is an architectural feature that was widely used in the classical world. It is a round structure, usually built upon a couple of steps (a ...
, a circular structure, often a temple, of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, and in classical or neoclassical architecture
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Tholos (Ancient Rome)
A tholos (pl. ''tholoi'', from Ancient Greek θόλος), in Latin tholus (pl. ''tholi''), is an architectural feature that was widely used in the classical world. It is a round structure, usually built upon a couple of steps (podium), with a rin ...
, a structure found in the centre of the macellum
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Tholos (Athens)
A ''prytaneion'' ( grc, Πρυτανεῖον, la, prytanēum) was seat of the ''prytaneis'' (executive), and so the seat of government in ancient Greece. The term is used to describe any of a range of ancient structures where officials met (no ...
, a building which housed the Prytaneion, or seat of government, in ancient Athens
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Tholos of Delphi
The Tholos of Delphi is among the ancient structures of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi. The circular temple, a tholos, shares the immediate site with other ancient foundations of the Temple of Athena Pronaia, all located less than a ...
, a circular building located approximately 800 metres from the main site of the ruined Temple of Apollo at Delphi
**Tholos (
Epidaurus
Epidaurus ( gr, Ἐπίδαυρος) was a small city (''polis'') in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: ''Palaia Epidavros'' and ''Nea Epidavros''. Since 2010 they belong to the ...
), a circular building with an ornate astronomical floor design
**Tholos (Washington DC), the highest part of the
United States Capitol dome
The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is in height and in diameter. Designed by Thomas U. Walter, the fourth Architect of the Capitol, it was constructed between 1855 and 1866 at a cost of $1,047,291 (e ...
, on which the Statue of Freedom stands
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Tholos tomb
A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of suc ...
, or beehive tomb
*Tholos, keyhole-shaped houses of the
Halaf
Tell Halaf ( ar, تل حلف) is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ra's al-'Ayn near the Turkish border. The site, which dates to the 6th millennium BCE, was the firs ...
culture of the Ancient Near East
*Tholos, an alternative name of
Theologos, Rhodes
Theologos (also known as Tholos): is a village on the Greek island of Rhodes. It is located on the west coast of the island, about 19 km far from the capital. It is a part of the Municipality of Petaloudes. The old centre of Tholos is built in ...
, a village in Greece
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