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The Temple of Concordia ( it, Tempio della Concordia) is an ancient Greek temple in the Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples) in Agrigento (Greek: Akragas) on the south coast of Sicily, Italy. It is the largest and best-preserved
The temple was built BC. The well-preserved peristasis of six by thirteen columns stands on a crepidoma of four steps (measuring , and high) The cella measures . The columns are high and carved with twenty flutes and harmonious entasis (tapering at the tops of the columns and swelling around the middles).
It is constructed, like the nearby Temple of Juno, on a solid base designed to overcome the unevenness of the rocky terrain. It has been conventionally named after Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony, for the Roman-era Latin inscription found nearby, which is unrelated to it.
If still in use by the 4th-and 5th century, it would have been closed during the
File:Agrigento-Tempio della Concordia01.JPG
File:Concordiatempel Tempio della Temple of Concordia de la Concorde Tal der Tempel Valle dei Templi Agrigento Sizilien Foto Wolfgang Pehlemann DSC07490.jpg
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File:Charles Gore View of the Temple of Concord at Agrigentum.png, ''View of the Temple of Concord at Agrigentum'' by Charles Gore (1777)
File:A View at Girgenti in Sicily with the Temple of Concord and Juno.tif, ''A View at Girgenti in Sicily with the Temple of Concord and Juno'' by Charles Lock Eastlake ()
File:Fig. 121 Temple of Concord at Girgenti.png, ''Temple of Concord at Girgenti'', a wood engraved print ()
File:Temple of Concord, Girgenti, Italy, 1895. (2826089766).jpg, ''Temple of Concord, Girgenti'' by
Doric temple
The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...
in Sicily and one of the best-preserved Greek temples in general, especially of the Doric order. It is located a kilometer east to the Temple of Heracles.
Description
The temple was built BC. The well-preserved peristasis of six by thirteen columns stands on a crepidoma of four steps (measuring , and high) The cella measures . The columns are high and carved with twenty flutes and harmonious entasis (tapering at the tops of the columns and swelling around the middles).
It is constructed, like the nearby Temple of Juno, on a solid base designed to overcome the unevenness of the rocky terrain. It has been conventionally named after Concordia, the Roman goddess of harmony, for the Roman-era Latin inscription found nearby, which is unrelated to it.
If still in use by the 4th-and 5th century, it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire
Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose of constructing a Christian church ...
. The temple was converted into a Christian basilica in the 6th century dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul by San Gregorio delle Rape, bishop of Agrigento and thus survived the destruction of pagan places of worship. The spaces between the columns were filled with walling, altering its Classical Greek form. The division between the cella, the main room where the cult statue would have stood in antiquity, and the opisthodomos, an adjoining room, was destroyed, and the walls of the cella were cut into a series of arches along the nave. The Christian refurbishments were removed during the restoration of 1785. According to another source, the Prince of Torremuzza transferred the altar elsewhere and began restoration of the classic building in 1788.
According to authors of a 2007 article, it is "apart from the Parthenon, the best preserved Doric temple in the world."
Gallery
William Henry Goodyear
William Henry Goodyear (1846–1923) was a noted architectural historian, art historian, and museum curator. He was the son of Charles Goodyear (1800–1860), inventor of rubber vulcanization, and Clarissa Beecher Goodyear.
Goodyear wa ...
(1895)
File:Joseph Pennell Temple of Concord, Girgenti.png, ''The Temple by the Sea'' by Joseph Pennell (1913)
File:Fotografi på tempel Concordia - Hallwylska museet - 104077.tif, circa 1888
See also
* List of Ancient Greek templesReferences
;Bibliography * * {{Authority control 5th-century BC religious buildings and structures Concordia Buildings and structures in the Province of Agrigento Valle dei Templi 5th-century BC establishments in Italy Roman temples by deity Archaeological sites in Sicily