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Altar of Zeus, Valley of the Temples

Altar of Zeus, Valley of the Temples

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Altar of Zeus, Valley of the Temples

Name: Altar of Zeus, Valley of the Temples
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Location: Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

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2. Very well preserved temple of Concordia – Temple of Heracles loop from Bonamorone

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3. Temple of Heracles – Very well preserved temple of Concordia loop from Maddalusa

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JakobusPilger

September 7, 2023

Dating back to ancient pre-Christian times, the deities of Roman and Greek legends in particular have been preserved in the collective memory of people in Europe to this day. Over the course of history, artists have repeatedly redesigned them as motifs in paintings or as statues.
On this hiking highlight in the "Valley of the Temples", an archaeological excavation site with a wealth of shrines from antiquity, we come across an altar in honor of the father of the gods ZEUS, who towers over Mount Olympus - not just a high mountain in Greece, but in... According to ancient mythology, it was also the legendary seat of the gods.

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Konny

June 11, 2024

On an altar in honor of the father of the gods ZEUS,

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Elevation 130 m

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Location: Agrigento, Sicily, Italy

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Altar of Zeus, Valley of the Temples

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