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Doric temple, Segesta, Sicily, Italy

Doric temple, 430-420 BC, at Segesta, a settlement of the Elymians, an indigenous Sicilian people, in Sicily, Italy. The temple has 6x14 Doric columns on a 21x56m base, although a roof was never built. Segesta was one of the most important Siceliot (Sicilian-Greek) cities of ancient times, and was inhabited until the Middles Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Doric temple, 430-420 BC, at Segesta, a settlement of the Elymians, an indigenous Sicilian people, in Sicily, Italy. The temple has 6x14 Doric columns on a 21x56m base, although a roof was never built. Segesta was one of the most important Siceliot (Sicilian-Greek) cities of ancient times, and was inhabited until the Middles Ages. Picture by Manuel Cohen