Temple of Juno (Hera Lacinia)

Local nameTempio di Giunone (Hera Lacinia)
LocationAgrigento, Italy

The so-called Temple of "Hera", otherwise known as Temple D, is a Greek temple in the Valle dei Templi, a section of the ancient city of Agrigentum in Sicily.

Its attribution to Hera derives from a misinterpretation of a passage by the Roman writer Pliny the Elder, which actually refers to the temple of Hera on the Lacinio promontory near Crotone, Calabria.It was built about the year 450 BC and in period and in style belongs to the Archaic Doric period. Signs of a fire which followed the Siege of Akragas and the Carthaginian sack of the city of 406 BC have been detected.

The temple was restored in the era of the Roman province of Sicily, with the original terracotta roof being replaced by one of marble, with a more steeply inclined slope on the eastern side.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Hera,_Agrigento

Official website http://www.lavalledeitempli.it/Era_Giunone_tempio.htm

Address 92100, Italy

Coordinates 37°17'18.95" N 13°36'0.477" E

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