Temple F (Selinus)
Temple F at
and is one of the three temples on the East Hill. The temple's dating is very uncertain, but it probably belongs to the middle of the sixth century BC.Description
The temple has six columns at the front and fourteen on the flanks and represented a development of the very elongated
pronaos with four columns. Except for those in the facade, the columns lack entasis
.
The intercolumniation of the peristasis was closed with high masonry barriers.[2] The barriers are about half the height of the columns and were perhaps built in a second phase of construction, perhaps in order to transform the peristasis into a cultic area.[3]
In 1823, during excavations, two half
Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum in Palermo
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Notes
- ISBN 8882653676, pp.227-228
- ^ Dieter Mertens, op. cit., 2006, pp.227-228
- ISBN 8842492205, p.835
37°35′14″N 12°50′06″E / 37.5873°N 12.8349°E
