The ruins of the temple of Juno, in the Valley of the Temples, in Acragas, an ancient Greek city on the site of modern Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.
The Temple of Juno, also known as the Temple of Hera Lakinia (Juno being the Roman name of Hera), and as Temple D is a Greek temple of the ancient city of Acragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento. It was built in the middle of the fifth century BC, about the year 450 BC, and in period and in style belongs to the Archaic Doric period. Signs of a fire which followed the Siege of Acragas of 406 BC have been detected, and long after that the temple was restored at the time of the Roman province of Sicily, with the original terracotta roof being replaced by one of marble, with a more steeply inclined slope on the eastern side. The building, like the others, faces east and has remarkable dimensions: on a high rectangular platform (,106 in length and 20,260 in width), mounted on four steps, rest 34 columns. Today, 30 columns are standing but only sixteen with their capitals. It was restored by the Prince of Torremuzza in 1787.
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Location: Via Panoramica Valle dei Templi, 92100 Agrigento AG, ?ta??a
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