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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bassae Temple of Apollo - Ancient Temple in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula

Submitted by AlexHunger on Sunday, 20 August 2006  Page Views: 7340

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bassae Temple of Apollo
Country: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Patras  Nearest Village: Andritsena
Latitude: 37.430126N  Longitude: 21.899804E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
4 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
4

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Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn : Under wraps during restoration works. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Peloponnese

5th Century BCE Doric limestone temple. It is one of the best preserved Greek temples but needed to be saved from collapse in the mid 1970s. The internal friezes are now in the British Museum. The location is said to be not easy to reach but quite spectacular.
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Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn : Under wraps during restoration works. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Bjorn : Under wraps during restoration works. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Armand : The temple of Apollo is covered in a immense white tent (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Armand : Information panel (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by Armand

Bassae Temple of Apollo
Bassae Temple of Apollo submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the temple from "Handbook of Greek Archaeology" via archive.org

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