Miguel Ángel de la Iglesia Santamaría
DOI: 10.1344/Pyrenae2014.vol45num1.1

Throughout its history, classical architecture has configured a rich language, precise and regulated. Being an artificial construction subject to a formal discipline, it can be analyzed with the same con¬cepts as the language itself, so that it can explain or understand and it is learned by those who use it, in the same way that a language is learned by a continued use. The current lost of the knowledge of classical language has impoverished the interpretation of ancient architecture, making it necessary to regain the control of its grammar when face reconstruction.

KEY WORDS: ARCHAEOLOGY, GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY, SYNTAX, ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS