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Of the 34 Doric columns only 15 are still in situ, and the ornate frieze on the pediment and entablature has been ravaged by the salty air, but the whole effect of the building combined with the setting — with beach on one side and sheer drop on the other — is magnificent.
Classical sacred dance, Bharatanatyam, has a total of 108 different consecrated forms — you can see them performed by Shiva in the sculpted frieze of Thanjavur’s Brihadisvara Temple (see page 191).
Each of the eight faces corresponds to a cardinal point on the compass and is decorated with an ornate frieze depicting the wind blowing from that direction.
The series of columns supporting pediment and frieze is Athens to many visitors, and would have been also to travelers in ancient times.
Look for the frieze of 16th-century tiles on the life of St. Paul in the entryway of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans.