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Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Ortigia Temple of Athena Alternative Name: Duomo in OrtigiaCountry: Italy Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Siracusa Nearest Village: Ortigia
Latitude: 37.059559N Longitude: 15.293327E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5
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In Ortigia, the ancient part of Siracusa in south west Sicily, the Temple of Athena (c. 530 BCE) was absorbed into a Cathedral (c. 640 CE) - and later encased in a Baroque facade.
It has a wonderful feeling of ancient and continuous use as a special place - the outer wall is formed between the original Doric columns, as can be seen in this picture.
I can't remember who used the phrase, but it is one of those places where the curtain between our world and another one is very thin!
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