#selinunte

The Ancient Greek Temple C, the oldest, dating to the mid-6th century BCE.

Avec Christine, on a fêté nos 40 ans d'amitié en faisant en Octobre un voyage de 15 jours en Sicile. 

A week ago, I went to visit the archeological area of Selinunte located in Sicily. Inside the area, on the Gaggera Hill there are the remains of a sanctuary of Demeter Malophoros.  

The place has an ancient open-air altar located in front of the main temple. A canal carved in the rock is located between the altar and the temple carrying water to the sanctuary from a nearby spring. Just past the canal is the Temple of Demeter itself in the form of a megaron lacking a crepidoma or columns, but equipped with a pronaos, naos and adyton with a niche in the back.  South of the propylaea, attached to the wall of the enclosure, was another enclosure dedicated to Hecate.  

In the northern area there was another enclosure dedicated to Zeus Meilichios  and Pasikrateia (Persephone). A very large number of finds came from the Sanctuary of the Malophoros: carved reliefs of mythological scenes, votive figurines in terracotta, large bust-shaped censers depicting Demeter and perhaps Tanit, Corinthian pottery, a bass-relief depicting the Rape of Persephone by Hades and the most ancient statue of Hecate ever found.   

The Temple of Hera, an Ancient Greek temple found in Southern Sicily. Explore:

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