Heraion of Samos
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The Heraion of Samos was a large sanctuary to the goddess Hera, on the island of Samos, Greece, 6 km southwest of the ancient city of Samos (modern Pythagoreion). It was located in the low, marshy basin of the Imbrasos river, near where it enters the sea. The late Archaic temple in the sanctuary was the first of the gigantic free-standing Ionic temples, but its predecessors at this site reached back to the Geometric Period of the 8th century BC,[1] or earlier.[2] As a testimony to the mercantile and naval power of Samos during Archaic Greece, and its exceptional architecture, the site of temple's ruins, with its sole standing column, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby archeological site Pythagoreion in 1992.[3]
Ηραίο Σάμου | |
Location | Samos, Greece |
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Coordinates | 37°40′19″N 26°53′08″E |
Type | Sanctuary |
History | |
Cultures | Ancient Greece |
Official name | Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iii |
Designated | 1992 (16th session) |
Reference no. | 595 |
Region | Europe and North America |