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Some of the most elaborate columns in the ancient world were those of the [[ইরান|Persians]], especially the massive stone columns erected in [[পার্সেপোলিস|Persepolis]]. They included double-bull structures in their capitals. The Hall of Hundred Columns at Persepolis, measuring 70&nbsp;× 70 metres, was built by the [[হাখমানেশী সাম্রাজ্য|Achaemenid]] king Darius I (524–486 BC). Many of the ancient Persian columns are standing, some being more than 30 metres tall.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;" contenteditable="false">&#x5B;''[[উইকিপিডিয়া:তথ্যসূত্র প্রয়োজন|<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2010)">citation needed</span>]]''&#x5D;</sup>

[[চিত্র:Columns_of_the_Temple_of_Apollo_at_Delphi,_Greece.jpeg|right|thumb|Columns found at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi]]

 

Columns, or at least large structural exterior ones, became much less significant in the architecture of the [[মধ্যযুগ|Middle Ages]]. The classical forms were abandoned in both Byzantine architecture and the Romanesque and Gothic architecture or Europe in favour of more flexible forms, with capitals often using various types of foliage decoration, and in the West scenes with figures carved in relief. Renaissance architecture was keen to revive the classical vocabulary and styles, and the informed use and variation of the classical orders remained fundamental to the training of architects throughout Baroque, Rococo and Neo-classical architecture.