Temples in Greece

thumb|upright|Schematic plan of a monopteros A monopteros (Ancient Greek: , from: μόνος, 'only, single, alone', and , 'wing'), also called a monopteron or cyclostyle, is a circular colonnade supporting a roof but without any walls. Unlike a tholos (in its wider sense as a circular building), it does not have walls making a cella or room inside. In Greek and especially Roman antiquity, the term could also be used for a tholos. In ancient times, monopteroi (Ancient Greek: ) served among other things as a form of baldachin for a cult image. An example of this is the Monument of Lysicrates in Athe

major ancient sanctuary of Hera between Argos and Mycenae

Prinias (ancient Rizinia) is an archaeological site in Crete that has revealed a seventh-century BCE temple with striking similarities to ancient Egyptian architecture, including an Egyptianised seated goddess. It is southwest of Iraklion, about halfway between Gortyn and Knossos. Above the site is a peak sanctuary, a sub-Minoan survival.

thumb|300px|View of Anemospilia from the south. Anemospilia () is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan temple on Crete.

a temple of Demeter in Naxos, Greece