day 47
fabio don
fundamental but at the same
time sentenced to a damnatio memoriae is in the history of architecture the
figure of erostratus, the ephesian whom we could point to as the originator of
what we call "architectural nihilism“. in fact, erostratus, on july 21, 356 b.c., aiming to
immortalize his name forever in history, set fire to and destroyed the
celebrated temple of artemis in ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the
ancient world. icnography of the temple
based on a survey by john turtle wood in 1877 following his archaeological
excavations in ephesus and the discovery of the remains of the temple of
artemis on dec. 31, 1869, buried under 6 meters of sand for more than 500
years.
temple of artemis, ephesus, turkey