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Temple of Heracles, Agrigento
37.2903° N, 13.5864° E
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The Temple of Heracles or Temple of Hercules (the Roman name of the hero) is an ancient Greek temple of Magna Graecia in the ancient city of Akragas, located in the Valle dei Templi in Agrigento, Italy. The building, in the archaic Doric style, is found on what is known as the hill of the temples, on a rocky spur near Villa Aurea. The name Temple of Heracles is an attribution of modern scholarship, based on Cicero's mention of a temple dedicated to the hero non longe a foro "not far from the agora" (Verrine II 4.94), containing a famous statue of Heracles. That the agora of Akragas was in this area has not yet been demonstrated, but the identification is generally accepted. This temple is located approximately one kilometer to the west of Temple of Concordia.
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Traditional foundation
late 6th century BCE
Foundation relative to Battle of Himera
before 480 BCE
First cymatium phase
c. 460s BCE
Second cymatium phase
mid-5th century BCE
Roman-period modifications
Roman period
Late antique closure
4th–5th centuries CE
Possible Theron-era association
488–473/2 BCE
20th-century restoration
20th century
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