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Home > Agrigento

Miscellaneous
Paestum and Foce del Sele
Agrigento

Agrigento

All images © Mary Emerson

Fallen column, retaining some original stucco. From the temple of Heracles[?] adjacent to the temple of Zeus, Akragas.
A half-cut column drum from the stone quarries at Cave di Cusa, near Selinus.
Painted ridge tile from the temple of Zeus, Akragas (see Greek Sanctuaries and Temple Architecture, Fig. 112).
Egg-and-dart carving from the ruins of the temple of Zeus, Akragas.
A standing Telamon in the museum, Agrigento.
A fallen Telamon on the site of the temple of Zeus, Akragas. Modern Agrigento is in the background on its high ridge.
Cork model of the temple of Zeus, Agrigento Museum
Temple of Zeus, Akragas, 5-stepped platform.
Ruins of the temple of Zeus, Akragas, today.
Ruins of the great altar, part of the substructure, sanctuary of Zeus, Akragas.
Interior wall of the temple of Zeus, Akragas, with repeated buttressing piers.
Church of San Nicola, Agrigento. This building probably incorporates stone from the temple of Zeus, which is very close by. The nave (shown here) with its regular heavy piers, may suggest the effect of the 'stoas' in the temple. The width of the nave is the same as that of one of the 'stoas'.
Restored 'temple of Concord' so-called.
Temple of Concord, showing preserved staircase opening.
Temple of Concord, showing apertures in attic.
Circular structure, sanctuary of the Chthonic Deities, Akragas.
Votive terracotta figure of female holding piglet.
Fragment of terracotta votive, female offering piglet.
Well-placed temple ruins, 'Valley of the Temples', Akragas.
Temple of Heracles, seen from the temple of Zeus.

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