Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

Greece
Date of Inscription: 1986
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
Property : 20.4600 ha
Buffer zone: 201.5800 ha
Prefectures of Messenia, Arcadia, and Ilia in the Western Peloponnese
N37 26 5.928 E21 53 48.984
Ref: 392

Brief Description

This famous temple to the god of healing and the sun was built towards the middle of the 5th century B.C. in the lonely heights of the Arcadian mountains. The temple, which has the oldest Corinthian capital yet found, combines the Archaic style and the serenity of the Doric style with some daring architectural features.

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