Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes
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A sanctuary at the mouth of the Sele river in Italy with an octastyle temple dedicated to the Argive Hera.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442610
40.4883868592, 14.9700205626
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Archaeological site of Hera Argiva (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ἥρας ἱερὸν τῆς Ἀργῴας (Heras ieron tes Argoas: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Foce del Sele (Italian, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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- Hera, T. (Hera: English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele located on Silarus (river) (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 45 A4 Hera, T.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Foce del Sele
The sanctuary was constructed around the end of the sixth century BC. An earthquake destroyed the sanctuary in AD 63 and the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius further obscured the site.
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, and Greta Hawes, 'Temple of Hera at Foce del Sele: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442610> [accessed: 13 July 2026]
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