The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was build at 550 BCE but does not exist today. It has been destroyed twice. The first time at 356 BCE by Herostratus and was rebuild by Alexander the great. The second time it was destroyed by the Goths at 409 AD/ CE.
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Pliny describes the temple as 377 feet (115 meters) long and 180 feet (55 meters) wide, made almost entirely of marble, making its area about three times as large as the Parthenon. The temple's cella was enclosed in colonnades of 127 Ionic columns, each 60 feet (18 meters) in height.
The temple of Artemis, lauded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, measured approximately 350 feet by 160 feet. It contained some 100 marble pillars, each about 6 feet in diameter at the temple base and almost 55 feet high.
A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia.
Yes the temple of artemis made for the love of artemis the greek goddess
For worshipping Artemis, of course.
It once had over 127 columns, now the Temple of Artemis is in ruins.
I believe it was built to honor Artemis.
They had designs and builders, as we do today - otherwise, it is not recorded how, the Temple of Artemis was old in the Bronze Age.