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<< Other Photo Pages >> Foce del Sele Temple of Hera - Ancient Temple in Italy in Calabria

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 09 September 2007  Page Views: 7105

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Foce del Sele Temple of Hera Alternative Name: Heraion
Country: Italy
NOTE: This site is 49.458 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Calabria Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Napoli  Nearest Village: Paestum
Latitude: 40.488452N  Longitude: 14.969493E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ancient Temple in Campania

Foundations of ancient Greek Doric temple whose construction was begun around 500 BCE. It measures 19 metres by 39 metres and has 8 by 17 columns.

The temple was damaged by fire around 400 to 350 BCE and then restored. The sanctuary survived until the 2nd Century BCE.

There is a museum nearby.

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