Entsteinte Trommeln aus gewölbten dorischen Säulen liegen am Rand eines Bereichs von zerstörten Tempeln und anderen heiligen Bauten, die zwei alten griechischen Unterweltgottheiten gewidmet sind, der Göttin Demeter und ihrer Tochter Persephone. Die Gebäude, die im späten 400s v. Chr. errichtet wurden, befinden sich im Tal der Tempel, Überreste der Graeco-römischen Stadt Akragas oder Agrigentum in Agrigento, Sizilien, Italien.
4256 x 2832 px | 36 x 24 cm | 14,2 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
19. August 2011
Ort:
Valley of the Temples, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy.
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Agrigento, Sicily, Italy: weathered and pitted drums of fluted Doric columns lying on the edge of a south-western area of the Valle dei Templi or Valley of the Temples archaeological park believed to have been dedicated to Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, both goddesses of the Ancient Greek Underworld. The area, known as the Sanctuary of the Chthonic Deities, lies close to Gate V, a main entrance through the southern walls defending the ancient Graeco-Roman city of Akragas or Agrigentum. It includes the remains of several ruined temples, circular altars and the triangular Terrazzo dei Donàri (Terrace of the Divinities), on which statues of the gods stood on plinths. Four columns of one late-5th century BC Doric temple are still in place because it was partly reconstructed in the mid-1800s, but the dedication given to it at that time, to Castor and Pollux or the Dioscuri, is almost certainly wrong; it is much more likely to have also been dedicated to the cult of Demeter and Persephone. Akragas was founded in about 580 BC by Greek colonists from Gela, Rhodes and Crete. It expanded rapidly, becoming a prosperous leading city of Magna Graecia (Greater Greece) before it was sacked by the Carthaginians in 406 BC. It never regained its former status and in the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage, it changed hands several times. Rome finally triumphed, renamed it Agrigentum and allowed its people to become Roman citizens. When the Western Roman Empire fell, Agrigentum was ruled in turn by Vandals, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Saracens and Normans. Akragas covered a vast area, much of it not yet excavated. Its seven monumental Doric temples are among the largest and best-preserved ancient Greek buildings outside of Greece itself. The entire city remains are now protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. D0544.A6508
