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The Temple of Apollo Palatinus ('Palatine Apollo'), sometimes called the Temple of Actian Apollo, was a temple of the god Apollo in Rome, constructed on the Palatine Hill on the initiative of Augustus (known as "Octavian" until 27 BCE) between 36 and 28 BCE.
The Temple of Roma and Augustus was a monopteral circular Ionic temple [1] built on the Acropolis of Athens c. 19 BCE, [2] likely coincident with Augustus' second visit to Athens. The structure was axially aligned with the eastern entrance of the Parthenon , placed 23 m (75 ft) eastward.
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...
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The Temple of Apollo Sosianus (previously known as the Apollinar and the temple of Apollo Medicus [1]) is a Roman temple dedicated to Apollo in the Campus Martius, next to the Theatre of Marcellus and the Porticus Octaviae, in Rome, Italy. Its present name derives from that of its final rebuilder, Gaius Sosius.
On October 8, 1980, the Greek Ministry of Transport and Communications reported that shipwrecks from the Battle of Actium had been located at Actium near the entrance to the Ambracan Gulf. [7] In Summer 2009, archaeologists discovered the ruins of the Temple of Apollo and found two statue heads, one of Apollo, one of Artemis (Diana).
The temple of Apollo Daphnephoros is the most important and wider known monument of Eretria, featuring sparkling and sharp sculptures on the pediments, their postures well in advance of experiments in Athens of the time. [11] Together with its enclosure it constituted the sacred temenos of Apollo, a religious centre and fundamental place of ...
The temple originally stood in the sanctuary of Athena Pallenis, where foundations of a temple have been found that match the dimensions of the temple in the Agora. [ 1 ] [ notes 1 ] These foundations are located on the corner of Androutsou and Zalougou streets at modern Stavros in Gerakas , a northeastern suburb of Athens, the location of the ...