Temple of Hera (Olympia)

The Temple of Hera at Olympia, Greece, is an important monument of Doric architecture.The temple was dedicated to Hera, the wife of Zeus and one of the most important female deities in Greek religion. For other temples dedicated to her, see Heraion (disambiguation).The Heraion at Olympia, located in the north of the altis (the sacred precinct), is the oldest peripteral temple at that site, and one of the earliest doric temples in Greece. There may have been an older cult place in the same location. The temple was erected circa 600 BC, probably as a dedication by the Triphylian polis of Skillous. It is suggested that this dedication by a nearby city was originally in honour of the main patron deity at Olympia, Zeus. In that case, the temple would have rededicated to hera at a later point, perhaps after 580 BC, when control of Olympia had passed from Triphylia to Elis, or in the 5th century BC, when the famous Temple of Zeus was built. The temple of Hera was destroyed by an earthquake in the early 4th century AD. No repairs took place after that event.
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