The Romans adapted architectonic elements from the Greeks for their urban needs. The Roman orders, including the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite orders, were modifications of the Greek orders. A key characteristic of Roman design was the combined use of the arch constructed with a lintel. Common Roman architectural features still used in modern buildings include columns, cornices, pediments, acroteria, triglyphs and metopes, and arches with lintels.

1. Roman architectonic elements
used nowadays

2. The Romans took architectonic elements from the Greeks
and adapted them to their urban needs.

3. The Roman orders are merely modifications of the Greek orders
and they were five in number instead of three. The two different were:
TUSCAN ORDER
It was the name of the most simple. The Tuscan column admits no
ornament and is never fluted, and it differs so little from the Roman
Doric.
THE COMPOSITE ORDER
This was a distinctively Roman order, although its features were copied
from the Greek. It was because the capital which characterizes it is a
compound of those of the other orders. It borrows the quarter-round
molding from the Tuscan and Doric, a rank of leaves from the
Corinthian, and volutes from the Ionic period.

5. lintel
A characteristic feature
of Roman design
was the combined use
of the arch
constructed with lintel.
arch

6. What’s
from Roman achitecture
in current buildings
of Cuenca?

7. Gable / pediment
(triangular, broken, opened and double-curved)

9. acroterion

10. Triglyphs and metopes

11. Cornices (separating floors)

12. Columns

14. Arch with lintel