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c. 12000 BCE

Construction of Gobekli Tepe Temple, oldest temple in the world.
c. 4500 BCE

The Sumerians built their first temple.
c. 3500 BCE

Ness of Brodgar in use as religious site in Orkney, Scotland.
950 BCE

Solomon builds the first Temple of Jerusalem.
c. 800 BCE

The site of Delphi first acquires a religious significance.
c. 700 BCE

Sanctuary of Poseidon built at Isthmia.
c. 700 BCE

The temple of Apollo is built on the island of Delos.
650 BCE - 600 BCE

Heraion, temple dedicated to Hera built at Olympia.
c. 650 BCE

The first temple in honour of Apollo is built at Delphi.
570 BCE - 530 BCE

The Doric Temple of Hera is built at Metapontum, Magna Graecia.
c. 550 BCE

The Temple of Hera I is built at Paestum.
c. 550 BCE

The temple of Apollo is constructed at Corinth.
c. 510 BCE

The second temple to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the first temple destroyed by fire.
c. 510 BCE

The Temple of Athena is built at Paestum.
c. 510 BCE

The temple of Hercules is built at Agrigento.
c. 510 BCE

The Etruscan Portonaccio Temple is constructed at Veii.
484 BCE

The first temple of the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux) is dedicated in Rome's Forum Romanum by Aulus Postumius following his victory over the Latins at the Battle of Lake Regillus.
c. 480 BCE

The huge temple of Zeus is built at Agrigento.
478 BCE

Temple of Confucius built at Qufu, China.
c. 460 BCE - 457 BCE

Temple of Zeus is built at Olympia with a statue of Apollo dominating the west pediment and containing the cult statue of Zeus by Phidias.
c. 460 BCE

The temple of Hera II is built at Paestum.
450 BCE - 430 BCE

The Temple of Concordia is built at Agrigento.
449 BCE

The Hephaisteion, temple to Athena & Hephaistos, built in Athens.
447 BCE - 432 BCE

The construction of the Parthenon in Athens by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates under the direction of Phidias.
c. 444 BCE - 440 BCE

Temple of Poseidon at Sounion re-built.
c. 430 BCE

The cult statue of Zeus by Phidias is dedicated in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
c. 425 BCE - c. 420 BCE

The Temple dedicated to Athena Nike is constructed on the acropolis of Athens.
421 BCE - 406 BCE

The Erechtheion of Athens acropolis is constructed with six Caryatids in the south porch.
c. 420 BCE - c. 400 BCE

The Temple of Apollo is built at Bassae.
c. 417 BCE

The Doric temple of Segesta is built.
c. 380 BCE - c. 375 BCE

Temple to Asclepius constructed at Epidaurus.
342 BCE

Fire destroys the 6th century BCE temple to Athena at Lindos, Rhodes and is replaced by a new one.
c. 330 BCE

Temple of Zeus built at Nemea.
c. 330 BCE

The third temple to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the earlier temple damaged by earthquake.
c. 320 BCE

Temple dedicated to Aphrodite constructed at Epidaurus.
c. 301 BCE - c. 320 BCE

Doric temple to Athena and fortifications of Lysimachus built at Troy.
225 BCE - 150 BCE

The Temple of Hercules is built at Ostia.
c. 1 CE - c. 100 CE

Construction of the temple of Jupiter Baal by the Romans at Baalbek.
c. 14 CE

The Temple of Rome and Augustus is built at Ostia.
650 CE - 1025 CE

The Buddhist temple at Borobudur, Java is built during the rule of the Sailendra Dynasty.
c. 1010 CE - c. 1025 CE

The Brihadishvara Temple is built at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
c. 1025 CE - 1000 CE

The Kandariya Mahadeo temple, dedicated to Shiva, is built at Khajuraho.
1122 CE

Construction begins of the Hindu temple at Angkor Wat.