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Agrigento: Temple of Concordia, east end, cella entrance
Agrigento: Temple of Concordia (photo: Athena Review 2004)
This image shows the entrance to the Cella or interior shrine of the Temple of Concordia, located near its east end at the top of the stairway.
The well-preserved Doric temple, built in 440-430 BC, measures 17 by 39.5 m in area, with the columns six meters high. It is of heptastyle construction (six columns in width), and thirteen columns in length The cella or interior shrine room measures 28.5 by 9.5 meters in area.
In
the sixth century AD, the temple was converted into a Christian
basilica dedicated to Sts. Peter and Paul. It was restored to its
ancient form in the late 18th century.
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