First Temple of Hera in Paestum, Campania, Italy. The Doric temple dedicated to Hera was built around 550-540 BC in the Ancient Greek colony of Poseidonia in Magna Graecia. The second Temple of Hera dated from 460-450 BC, once incorrectly thought to be the Temple of Neptune, is seen in the background.

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