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Agrigento: Temple of Hera, Doric columns
Agrigento: Temple of Hera (photo: Athena Review 2004)
This image shows columns of the Temple of Hera Lacinia, also known as Temple D, in the Valley of the Temples at Agrigento.
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 shown in this image are 6.5 meters tall.
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