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This very beautiful photo was taken by my brother (Nikon Coolpix L310), and after receiving the authorization, i want to share it with you. This landscape is found of course in Greece, more specific in Sounio, and this is the ruins of the ancient temple of Poseidon. Sounio is the acroterion, which is located at the southern most of Attica. The coast is rocky and steep. Sounio is known because of its important geographical position, but also because of this ancient temple. In recent years, the place was declared a national park because of it's environmental value.

"The temple of Poseidon was constructed in 444-440 BC, over the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic Period. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 m. The design of the temple is a typical hexastyle i.e. it had a front portico with 6 columns. Only some columns of the Sounion temple stand today, but intact it would have closely resembled the contemporary and well-preserved Temple of Hephaestus beneath the Acropolis, which may have been designed by the same architect."

From wikipedia.