{"id":1857,"date":"2018-07-16T15:55:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T15:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavalledeitempli.it\/?page_id=1857"},"modified":"2019-02-18T11:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T11:58:57","slug":"hera-juno-temple","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavalledeitempli.it\/en\/itineraries\/temples-valley\/hera-juno-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple of Hera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section-title\">\r\n\t<h2>The Temple of Hera or Juno Lacinia<\/h2>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\t<h3>Agrigento&#8217;s Valley of the Temples<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"section-content\">\r\n\t<p>The name is, like the one of other Greek temples at Agrigento, conventional. In the architecture of this building, erected on the south- east corner of the Valley of the Temples at a height of 120 meters above sea level, is obvious the worry of a rigorous artistic perfection.The building, like the others, faces east and has remarkable dimensions: on a high rectangular platform (m.41,106 in length and 20,260 in width), mounted on four steps, rest 34 columns. Six on the short side and thirteen on the long side , counting the corner ones both ways.<\/p>\r\n\t<p>A double square that occupies a surface of 832,807 square meters. The columns consist of four tamburi or drums with 20 sharp-edged flutes and have a height of meters 6,32 and a base diameter of meters 1,70; their distance is meters 1.71 at the center and 1,76 at the sides. It can be dated around 450-440 B.C. Today, 30 columns are standing but only sixteen with their capitals.<\/p>\r\n\t<p>It was restored by the Prince of Torremuzza in 1787.<\/p>\r\n\t<p class=\"smallText\">Excerpts from the guidebook  &#8220;Agrigento &#8211; The Valley of the Temple and the Regional Museum&#8221; by Giuseppe Di Giovanni, a companion to most of the visitors of the Valley of The Temples.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n[mym_geo_banners]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Temple of Hera or Juno Lacinia Agrigento&#8217;s Valley of the Temples The name is, like the one of other Greek temples at Agrigento, conventional. 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