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Greek Temple at Taras

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Oct 16, 2024 08:23 PM — History

tags: extant remains, Doric

A Doric temple dating to the sixth century B.C., located in the modern piazza Castello in Taranto, Italy. It was initially attributed to Poseidon, but may have been dedicated to a different deity.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/5043153

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.4737866, 17.2330416

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Doric Temple (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tempio Dorico (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Tempio di Poseidone (Italian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Temple of Poseidon (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Greek Temple at Taras makes connections with:

Greek Temple at Taras located at Taras/Tarentum/Neptunia (unspecified date range)

Greek Temple at Taras receives connections from:

None

Place type:
temple

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (Italian) Tempio di Poseidone (Taranto)

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Greek Temple at Taras: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/5043153> [accessed: 23 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/5043153 |title=Places: 5043153 (Greek Temple at Taras) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=November 23, 2024 5:20 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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