Temple of Artemis, Sardes

Major temple to Artemis located at Sardes (see another post). This is one of the seven important Artemis temples of Asia Minor. The scale of the place is extraordinary. The columns are original, and the two tall ones are the original size. The 2nd picture is of several capitals.
The last 2 pictures are of a church from about the 5th century. Once Christianity became the official religion of the empire, it was common to build churches at pagan temples as a kind of "We're here now," message.Les mer