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The temple measures 24.46 by 59.98 metres, with six external columns along its shorter sides and fourteen columns along its longer sides (counting the corner columns twice). These are 8.88 metres high (29 feet), and the columns at the ends taper from a diameter of nearly 7 feet at the bottom to about
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and another deity, whose identity is unknown. There are visible on the east side the remains of two altars, one large and one smaller. The smaller one is a Roman addition, built when a road leading to a
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It also is possible that the temple originally was dedicated to both Hera and
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5 feet at the top; the columns on the sides taper by less. This gives a ratio of height to lower diameter of 4.25:1, unusually low for the period.
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The name "Temple of
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normal for Doric order column by this date, the large external columns have 24 flutes, the smaller lower columns in the
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described it as "the best preserved of all Greek temples". It was listed as a
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Temple of Hera II, archaic Doric temple, 470–460 BCE
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51:, Campania
650:Casilinum
568:Benevento
205:in 1998.
129:Reference
56:Completed
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698:Cumae
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