Olympeion, in Agrigento, Sicily. Atlantes, however, have played a more significant role in Mannerist and Baroque architecture. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, many buildings were built with glorious atlantes that look much like the Greek ones. Their selection from the two proposed designs—the other design using Caryatids—for the entrance of the Hermitage Museum that was built for Tsar Nicholas I of Russia made atlantes become even more fashionable. The portico of this building has ten enormous atlantes, approximately three times life-size, carved from Serdobol granite, which were designed by Johann Halbig and executed by the sculptor Alexander Terebenev. Mesoamerica Similar carved stone columns or pillars in the shape of fierce men at some sites of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica are typically called Atlantean figures. These figures are considered to be "massive statues of Toltec warriors". Examples Basilica di Santa Croce, Lecce, Italy Casa degli Omenoni, Milan, Italy Church of St. Georg'', Hamburg, Germany Dům U Čtyř mamlasů, Brno, Czech Republic Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia House in Kanałowa Str. 17, Poznań, Poland Palazzo Davia Bargellini, Bologna, Italy Pavilion Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France Porta Nuova, Palermo, Italy Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany Sunshine Marketplace, Victoria, Australia Temple of Olympian Zeus, Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, Italy Tyszkiewicz Palace, Warsaw, Poland Zwinger Palace, Germany Wayne County Courthouse, Wooster, Ohio, United States Gallery See also Telamon References Bibliography Columns and entablature Architectural sculpture Architectural history Ancient Greek architecture Ancient Roman architecture Atlas (mythology) Sculptures of Greek gods