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Temple B (Selinus)

a Pleiades place resource

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The so-called "Temple B" at Selinus is a small temple dating ca. 250 BCE. It measures 8.40 by 4.60 meters. This was a prostyle aedicular building and may have been sacred to a Hellenized Punic cult.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/13062726

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.5829610568, 12.8256743818

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple B (330 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Temple B (Selinunte) (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Temple B (Selinus) makes connections with:

Temple B (Selinus) part of (analytical) Acropolis of Selinus (unspecified date range)
Temple B (Selinus) located at Selinus (unspecified date range)

Temple B (Selinus) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
temple

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple B (Selinus): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/13062726> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/13062726 |title=Places: 13062726 (Temple B (Selinus)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 3:18 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Temple B (Selinus)