Pan type and s profile clay roof tile shapes are perhaps the oldest known dating back at least to 3000 bc in greece.
Greek style roof.
A roof with two slopes that form an a or triangle is called a gable or pitched roof.
With the rise of stone architecture came the appearance of fired ceramic roof tiles.
It is still a very common form of roof.
Parapet gable parapet gables on homes in lübeck ger.
In sicily truss roofs presumably appeared as early as 550 bc.
Many of the worldwide masterpieces were inspired by the architecture in greece particularly the ancient greek style of doric ionic or corinthian rhythm.
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The gables in classical greek temples are called pediments.
Roof constructions increased in clear span as greek and roman engineering improved.
These early roof tiles showed an s shape with the pan and cover tile forming one piece.
Ancient greek buildings of timber clay and plaster construction were probably roofed with thatch.
This type of roof was used as early as the temples of ancient greece and has been a staple of domestic architecture in northern europe and the americas for many centuries.
Most buildings in classical greece were covered by traditional prop and lintel constructions which often needed to include interior colonnades.
Even older durable roof coverings were made of slate and of flat slabs of stone.
Similar clay roof tile styles were used in china as well as in the roman empire.
The doric order which undoubtedly dominated greek architecture was used on the ground floor for the exterior colonnade and was combined with ionic styling for the inner part of the colonnade.
Not unlike slate clay tile roofs served ancient china greece and rome for centuries and the spanish french and dutch found it worth importing to settlements in florida new orleans and the hudson valley because it was durable and fireproof.
The exterior colonnade on the first floor was ionic and the interior was pergamene.