MYTHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF ANCIENT PEOPLES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
The purpose of this paper is to compare the earliest cosmological concepts of ancient Greece and Rome (VIII-VI centuries, B.C.). The overall shape of our planet, its vertical, mythological symbolism of light, location and functions of the «navel of the earth» (Center for Peace) are interpreted in these concepts. These concepts were widely used in architecture and town planning in an era of Hellenism and the Roman Empire.