Temple A (Selinus)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

Last modified Sep 13, 2026 06:12 PM — History

tags: limestone, Temple, Doric, extant remains

Temple A (Selinus) was built between 490 and 460 BCE. It is a peristyle temple with a plan of 6 x 14 columns (order height of 6.23 m).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/42718908

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.5825455337, 12.825317547

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Temple A (Selinus) (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Temple A (Selinus) makes connections with:

Temple A (Selinus) located at Selinus (unspecified date range)

Temple A (Selinus) receives connections from:

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Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Temple A (Selinus): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/42718908> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/42718908 |title=Places: 42718908 (Temple A (Selinus)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 3:54 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}