Bassai

temple · 750 BC – 2100 AD

The Temple of Apollo Epikourios (often Latinized as Epicurius) at Bassae is an innovative mid-5th century B.C. Doric temple in Arcadia. The temple preserves the oldest Corinthian capital yet found. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.

Coordinates

37.42964, 21.90032

Also known as

Bassae (en), Bassae (en), T. Apollo Epikourios (en), Βάσσαι (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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