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Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
Greece
Date of Inscription: 1986
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii) Core zone: 20.46 ha Buffer zone: 201.58 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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