Temple of Hera I
Title
Temple of Hera I
Date
c. 550 BCE
Identifier
5613
Alternative Title or Name
Basilica
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Paestum (deserted settlement)
Style/Period
Archaic (Greek)
Subject
temples (buildings)
Hera (Greek deity)
columns (architectural elements)
Doric order
Description
Detail view of thick Doric columns at the Temple of Hera I at Paestum in Italy. "In plan, the temple is unusually broad: it has nine columns across the east and west facades, with eighteen along the flanks. Three columns stood between the antae in the porch. Aligned axially with the central columns of the facade and the pronaos is a row of seven columns in the interior of the cella, dividing the cella into two naves. These interior columns were of the same diameter and height as those of the pteron. The pteron is wide, almost pseudo-dipteral, and the antae of the cella building line up with the third column along the flanks. Behind the cella is an adyton, and although the cross-wall is not preserved, the adyton appears not to have been accessible from the cella,"--Perseus Digital Library.
Measurements
80 x 170 feet
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
40
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-GRK2-1358
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