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ashling

(25,771 posts) Wed Jul 3, 2019, 12:30 AM Jul 2019

Greek Temples of Sicily

https://www.ancient.eu/article/1402/greek-temples-of-sicily/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=zapier&utm_campaign=FB-AHE&fbclid=IwAR1HXPPtv177doZ5Y3FOJKF8F2uuSHT260i_0E5ZeefzspPamEDTiogyb5I

Sicily possessed a greater density of monumental temples than any other area of the Mediterranean and now contains more well-preserved examples than anywhere else. Not only do they make for an unusually rich ensemble of particularly impressive ancient monuments but, moreover, each of them has its own distinctive character and peculiar features, its own history, and its own specific setting within a town or landscape.

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Greek Temples of Sicily (Original Post) ashling Jul 2019 OP

Poseidonia on the Italian coast, as well trusty elf Jul 2019 #1

I remember going there on a "field trip" BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #2

trusty elf

(7,380 posts)

1. Poseidonia on the Italian coast, as well

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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 03:47 AM

Jul 2019

BigmanPigman

(51,567 posts)

2. I remember going there on a "field trip"

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Wed Jul 3, 2019, 05:14 AM

Jul 2019

for a week with my art school in Rome. We went on a train, woke up on a boat (while still in the same exact train) and presto...we were in Sicilia climbing up hills to visit the ruins and picking almonds off of the trees. Best field trip of my life! It was even better than the field trip to Pompeii and Naples.

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