Ischia, Italy - Stone frieze cast in a bean of light in the Temple of the Sun, La Mortella Garden

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The temple was built out of a converted rainwater irrigation cistern. Inside, three large rooms are separated by 5-foot-thick walls, illuminated by the rays of the sun, which filters through openings in the ceiling. The presence of water and the decorations – bas-reliefs inspired by mythology, by the British sculptor Simon Verity are suggestive of archaic places of worship. The reliefs illustrate Apollo the God of Music and Poetry, and his affinity with the other arts and sciences, such as medicine, dance, cultivation, nature, and the forests, as well as his role as a soothsayer and guardian of the Oracle.

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Size: 5020px × 3347px
Location: La Mortella, Campania, Ischia, Italy
Photo credit: © Carole Anne Ferris / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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