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Piranesi is known for his flights of imagination in his drawings, maybe this adds to the interest and impact. I have other renderings by architects of Paestum, more exact and look like pastiche, devoid of spirit - and the one memory from my visit was the initial impact of walking by Temples Ceres and Poseidon as being one of sacredness and which seemed to affect all visitors alike. If one does not skew the angles a little and alter the lighting, the visual impact seems reduced. There was difficulty, personal dissatifaction with photographic attempts to capture what the eye saw. There is no doubt they are impressive buildings, of which Poseidon is a contemporary and slightly larger than Temple of Zeus in Olympia. There is no reason why Soane should not emulate the columns of Poseidon. According to my references the columns have 24 instead of 20 flutes around, making them more slender and elegant.