Sites from antiquity with identified architects

Connected Sites: 11

Definition

WHS (or significant parts thereof) dating from Antiquity (before 476 AD), where a named architect is known as responsible for the design.

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Connected Sites

Acropolis

Greece

Inscribed: 1987

4.27

490

14

Ictinus - "Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon" (wiki)
Olympia

Greece

Inscribed: 1989

3.60

215

9

Porch of Agnaptus
See en.wikipedia.org
Delos

Greece

Inscribed: 1990

3.44

107

4

Dinocrates
Tower of Hercules

Spain

Inscribed: 2009

2.67

159

5

"(...) it is the only Roman lighthouse of which the name of the architect and engineer who built it is known: Gaius Sevius Lupus, who immortalised his name by leaving it engraved on a commemorative inscription at the foot of his work". (Executive Summary, p. V)
Rome

Holy See, Italy

Inscribed: 1980

4.57

662

13

Apollodorus of Damascus designed Trajan's Forum, the Temple of Trajan, and Trajan's Column. Cocceius Auctus built the original Pantheon. Rabirius designed the Flavian Palace.
Verona

Italy

Inscribed: 2000

3.61

369

12

Lucius Vitruvius Cerdo designed Arco dei Gavi
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

Greece

Inscribed: 1986

3.03

115

16

Ictinus
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos

Greece

Inscribed: 1992

2.34

58

4

Tunnel of Eupalinos, Theodorus of Samos is the architect of the Doric Order temple Heraion of Samos.
Pyramids (Memphis)

Egypt

Inscribed: 1979

4.51

315

12

The Pyramid of Djoser was designed by Sneferu
See en.wikipedia.org
Archaeological Site of Delphi

Greece

Inscribed: 1987

3.94

276

12

Dinocrates, Spintharus of Corinth
Ancient Thebes

Egypt

Inscribed: 1979

4.38

257

11

Senenmut (Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut)
See en.wikipedia.org