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<< Our Photo Pages >> Himera Temple - Ancient Temple in Italy in Sicily (Sicilia)

Submitted by Armand on Sunday, 09 September 2007  Page Views: 4722

Roman, Greek and ClassicalSite Name: Himera Temple
Country: Italy Region: Sicily (Sicilia) Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Cefalu  Nearest Village: Campofelice di Rocce
Latitude: 37.974000N  Longitude: 13.824127E
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
2 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.
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
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Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by KaiHofmann : The Himera temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Temple in Sicily (Sicilia)

Remains of an ancient Greek temple measuring 22 metres by 56 metres with 6 by 14 columns. The deity to which the temple would have been dedicated is uncertain. After destroying many other temples and towns in Sicily in 409 BCE, the Carthaginians were forced to pay for this temple as part of a reparations agreement.

Himera (or Imera) was founded in 678 BC (BCE) by Greek colonists from Zancle, modern Messina. Zancle itself had been settled in the previous century by Greek colonists. It is probable that a prehistoric settlement already existed there, populated by Sicanians, and the same can be said of Cefalù. We know little of the history of the Himera area prior to the arrival of the Greeks, though the Phoenicians had established small trading settlements at Solunto and Palermo.

In 480 BC, the Carthaginians decided to invade the region. Hamilcar, a Carthaginian general who was an ancestor of the famous Hannibal who later fought the Romans, assembled an army said to number thirty thousand men to march upon Himera. The Greeks of Imera sought and received help from their fellow Greeks of Agrigento and Syracuse. The three combined Greek armies literally massacred the Carthaginians, so the Punic threat to Sicily's Greeks all but vanished, at least for the remainder of that century.

In 409 BC, Hannibal, grandson of Hamilcar, led a large Carthaginian army against Himera. This time, the Greeks were defeated and Himera was destroyed.

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Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by KaiHofmann : The Himera temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by Armand : Temple of Victory (Vote or comment on this photo)

Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by Armand (Vote or comment on this photo)

Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by KaiHofmann : The Himera temple.

Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by Armand : Information panel

Himera Temple
Himera Temple submitted by KaiHofmann : The Himera settlement on the top of the table mountain.

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Gela Temples? by Andy B on Friday, 21 December 2018
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We have a page at exactly the same location for Gela Temples

Ancient Temple in Sicily (Sicilia)

Remains of 2 ancient Greek Doric temples measuring 35 Meters by 18 Meters with 6 by 12 Columns and 52 Meters by 21 Meters with 6 by 14 Columns with the central park of Gela at the mouth of a small river. One of the 2 deity to which the temple would have been dedicated to is believed to be Athena Lindia.

Is this the same site (presumably)?
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