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 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, 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 culture of the Ancient Near East
*Tholos, an alternative name of
Theologos, Rhodes, a village in Greece
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