Temple of Demeter

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ancient Greek temple archaeological site sanctuary

The Temple of Demeter is an ancient Greek sanctuary in Agrigento, Sicily, dedicated to the goddess of agriculture and fertility and notable for its religious and historical significance.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Temple of Demeter canonical	3
Temples of Demeter	1
temple of Demeter	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Doric order ⓘ
associatedDeity	Persephone ⓘ
associatedWith	Demeter’s cult ⓘ surface form: Demeter cult agricultural rites ⓘ fertility rites ⓘ rural landscape of Agrigento ⓘ
category	Temple of Demeter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Temples of Demeter
civilization	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
countrySubdivision	Province of Agrigento ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Demeter ⓘ goddess of agriculture ⓘ goddess of fertility ⓘ
hasFunction	place of worship ⓘ sanctuary for agricultural cults ⓘ
hasSignificance	historical significance ⓘ religious significance ⓘ
hasSubject	agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ harvest ⓘ
hasType	peripteral temple (probable original form) ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ part of the Valley of the Temples archaeological area ⓘ
locatedIn	Akragas ⓘ surface form: Agrigento Sicily ⓘ Valley of the Temples ⓘ ancient Akragas ⓘ southern coast of Sicily ⓘ
locatedNear	modern city of Agrigento ⓘ
locatedOn	hill slope ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
partOf	Greek colonial architecture in Sicily ⓘ ancient city of Akragas sanctuaries ⓘ
period	Classical Greek period ⓘ
region	Sicily ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
tourism	popular tourist attraction ⓘ visited for archaeological interest ⓘ visited for cultural heritage ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	UNESCO World Heritage Site (as Valley of the Temples, Agrigento) ⓘ surface form: Archaeological Area of Agrigento
usedFor	offerings to Demeter ⓘ religious ceremonies ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Valley of the Temples → hasPart → Temple of Demeter ⓘ

Akragas → hasTemple → Temple of Demeter ⓘ

Temple of Demeter → category → Temple of Demeter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Temple of Demeter (Agrigento)

this entity surface form: Temples of Demeter

Ἀκράγας → hasTemple → Temple of Demeter ⓘ

Anthela → hasFeature → Temple of Demeter ⓘ

this entity surface form: temple of Demeter