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Agrigento: Temple of Hera
Agrigento: Temple of Hera (photo: Athena Review 2004)
This image shows the northwest corner of the Temple of Hera Lacinia, also known as Temple D, in the Valley of the Temples at Agrigento.
The
Temple of Hera was built in the Doric style in ca. 450 BC. The temple was
damaged during the Carthaginean invasion in 406 BC, then restored
during the Roman period and dedicated to Juno, the Roman goddess
corresponding to Hera.
The
building, measuring 38 by 17 meters in area, is a hexatyle temple, with
six columns on the end and and thirteen on the sides. It thus shows
marked similarities with the nearby Temple of Concordia. The doric columns of the Temple
of Hera are 6.5 meters tall. The cella or naos (shrine room) is separated from the
pronaos or entry porch by a wall with a built-in staircase, leading to the roof.
The
northern colonnade (at left in the image) is preserved with the
architrave and part of the frieze, while the colonnades on the other
three sides are
incomplete. The building has been under restoration since the late
eighteenth century.
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