It is one of the best preserved greek temples in the world.
Temple of hera ii temple of poseidon roof.
It s got massive heavy columns that have no feet.
It is at the altar of this temple which is oriented east west.
They go directly into the platform of the temple itself the stylobate.
The temple of hera ii at paestum italy sometimes called the temple of neptune or the temple of poseidon misnomers from the 18th century is an archaic doric temple constructed ca.
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Made of golden colored travertine the temple of hera ii towers about the ruins of the ancient city with its double order of doric columns that would have supported a roof and and now seem to hold.
The temple of hera ii sometimes called the temple of neptune or the temple of poseidon is an archaic doric temple in the ancient city of paestum.
It has six columns along its shorter sides.
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460 bce and is the best preserved of the three temples.
Also constructed in limestone it is a little bigger than temple i.
The temple of hera ii also erroneously called the temple of neptune or of poseidon is a greek temple in paestum campania italy it was built in the doric order around 460 450 bc just north of the first hera temple.
The temple is peripteral and hexastyle with 6 14 columns.
It was the oldest temple at olympia and one of the most venerable in all greece.
It was originally a joint temple of hera and zeus chief of the gods until a separate temple was built for him.
Unlike other temples at the site which combine ionic and doric architectural features the temple of hera ii is purely doric perhaps the only concession to the ionic order being the absence of regulae and guttae above the architrave and in their place a continuous crowning molding.
If still in use by the 4th and 5th century it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late roman empire.
The doric temple of hera ii was built c.
The temple of hera or heraion is an ancient archaic greek temple at olympia greece that was dedicated to hera queen of the greek gods.
The temple is the last of the great temples of poseidonia constructed c.
The facades have six fluted columns and the long sides 14.
The oldest of the three is dedicated to the goddess hera who was the wife of zeus.