Agrigento: MRA-ITA-Agr003
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-ITA-Agr003
Sample Material Type
- Plaster
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 0.6
- Width
- 0.6
- Height
- 0.3
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 0.1
Geographic Location
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Agrigento
Site/monument
- Italy (ITA)
Agrigento
Valle dei Templi
Historical note about the site/monument
- The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento is a large archaeological area located on the site of a Greek colony dating to the 6th century BCE. The name Agrigento comes from the Roman period (Latin: Agrigentum); during its formative years under Greek rule the name Akragas was used. The nickname “Valley of the Temples” derives from the remarkable remains of seven Doric temples found in the environs of ancient Agrigento (most of whose names are conventional rather than original): the temple of Hera Lacinia (Juno), Concordia, Asclepius, Heracles, Olympian Zeus, Castor and Pollux, and Vulcan. The site also includes a Paleo-Christian necropolis (3rd-6th centuries CE), the remains of a Roman gymnasium, and the nearby Temple of Demeter (whose architectural remains were integrated into the 12th century Norman Church of Saint Blaise).
Further reading:
P.M Barone, F. Graziano, E. Pettinelli, and R.G. Corradini (2007). Ground-penetrating radar investigations into the construction techniques of Concordia Temple (Agrigento, Sicily, Italy). Archaeological Prospection 14, no. 1: 47-59. DOI: 10.1002/arp.300
Chronological period (sample)
- 6th century BCE
Other info about sample provenance
- Pavimento, Templi Agrigento (hand-written notes)