Temple of hera olympia

Temple of Hera II, Paestum, c. 460 B.C.

Remains of the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece.

The facade of the archaic temple of Hera - Ancient Olympia - Digital Reconstruction

NAME: Temple of Hera at Olympia, LOCATION: Greece, DATE: Archaic Period, CULTURE: Greek, FUNCTION: temple, MATERIALS: stone columns, terracotta roof tiles, TECHNIQUES: originally wood columns and thatch roof but later replaced with stone columns and tile roof, NOTABLE: pre-doric columns, peripteral and "in antis" columns

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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. It was the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the most venerable in all Greece.

Temple of Hera (Olympia)