Column at W end of the N peristyle, from below, Duomo (Cathedral) of Ortyg...

West end of N peristyle of the temple, from NW, Duomo (Cathedral) of Ortyg...

North crepidoma of the temple, from W, Duomo (Cathedral) of Ortygia, Templ...

North peristyle of the temple, from NW, Duomo (Cathedral) of Ortygia, Temp...

Overall view of N peristyle of the temple, from NE, Duomo (Cathedral) of O...

West end of N peristyle of the temple incorporated in the cathedral, Duomo...

Context: Syracuse
Type: Temple
Summary: Doric temple, its remains now incorporated in a modern cathedral
Date: ca. 470 BC
Dimensions:

c. 22.00 x 55.00 (stylobate); c. 12.50 x 42.00 (cella)

Region: Sicily
Period: Classical


Architectural Order:

Doric

Plan:

6 x 14; no interior columns; pronaos and opisthodomos each distyle in antis

Double angle contraction