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Valle dei Templi (near
Agrigento)
from Porto Empedocle
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Porto Empedocle,
the port closest to Agrigento. |
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South of the city of
Agrigento is the Valley of the Temples (Valle dei Templi),
which we visited. Positioned along a ridge, there are five
Greek temples. |
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Temple of Juno (also
known as the Temple of Hera) |
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Here is an example
of a magnificent specimen, stunningly created and beautifully
maintained... and a derelict crumbling building behind him...
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(another contribution
from Neil!) |
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Convulvulus |
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Temple of Concordia |
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A bronze statue of
Icarus, with the Temple of Concordia in the background. |
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Agrigento goats |
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The Temple of Hercules |
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Remains of the Temple
of Olympian Zeus (or "Olympeion" or "Tempio
di Giove Olimpico" or "Temple of Olympic Jove"
or "Temple of Jupiter"). Confusing or what! |
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Inbetween the columns
of the temple were colossal atlases (also called telamons);
stone figures standing some 7.5m high. |
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Temple of Castor and
Pollux (Dioscuri) |
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Judas Tree (Cercis
siliquastrum), I think. |
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After our visit,
we visited the archealogical museum at Agrigento. |
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We were impressed by the contents of the
museum, especially the room devoted to a huge model of
the atlas, which we had seen earlier lying on its back
near the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
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In the same room, there
was also a model showing what the temple might have looked
like with the telamons positioned between the columns, helping
to support the structure. |
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Ekklesiasterion and
Oratory of Phalarys, outside the museum. |
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We went back to the
ship and sailed away as we ate our lunch. |
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At 4:30pm, it was
time for afternoon tea! |
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| We were unable to
enter the port of Mazara at 9.00pm as planned, so we remained out
at sea until the morning. |
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