Temple C (Selinus)

Temple C in Selinunte

Temple C at Selinus (Sicily), is a Greek temple of Magna Graecia in the Doric style. It was one of the most ancient of the temples at Selinus, having probably been built on the acropolis a little after the middle of the sixth century BC,[1] although its dating is controversial.[2] The temple was the object of archaeological research in the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century and later the remains of a long stretch of the northern colonnade received anastylosis (reconstruction using the original material) in 1929.[3] After a twelve-year-long restoration, in 2011 the colonnade was freed from scaffolding and made properly visible once more.

Temple C was probably used as an archive (hundreds of seals have been recovered from it) and was dedicated to Apollo, as shown by an inscription,[4] not to Heracles.[5]

  1. ^ Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, Archeologia e conservazione. Teorie, metodologie e pratiche di cantiere, Maggioli Editore 2008, p. 78, ISBN 88-387-4108-5
  2. ^ Dieter Mertens, Città e monumenti dei greci d'Occidente, Roma, L'Erma di Bretschneider 2006, p.123, ISBN 8882653676.
  3. ^ Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, Op. cit., p. 78.
  4. ^ IG XIV 269
  5. ^ Guido & Tusa 1978 Guida archeologica della Sicilia