Temple of Zeus at Cyrene

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Doric temple ancient Greek temple archaeological site

The Temple of Zeus at Cyrene is an ancient Greek sanctuary in modern-day Libya, renowned as one of the largest and most impressive Doric temples in North Africa.

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Surface form Occurrences
Sanctuary of Zeus at Cyrene 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doric temple ⓘ
ancient Greek temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
approximateConstructionPeriod Classical period ⓘ
approximateConstructionStart 5th century BC ⓘ
architecturalStyle Doric order ⓘ
associatedCity ancient city of Cyrene ⓘ
belongsToTradition Greek temple architecture ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Libya ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
currentCondition ruin ⓘ
dedicatedTo Zeus ⓘ
function place of worship ⓘ
sanctuary ⓘ
governingBody Libya ⓘ
surface form: State of Libya
hasColumnOrder Doric ⓘ
hasDeityType Olympian god ⓘ
hasType peripteral temple ⓘ
heritageDesignationYear 1982 ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn Cyrenaica ⓘ
Cyrene ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
mainDeity Zeus ⓘ
surface form: Zeus Olympios
material limestone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest Doric temples in North Africa ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
well-preserved ruins ⓘ
partOf Archaeological Site of Cyrene ⓘ
surface form: Archaeological site of Cyrene

Temple of Zeus at Cyrene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Cyrene
partOfAncientPolis Cyrene ⓘ
period Classical Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greek Classical period
region Tripolitania ⓘ
surface form: eastern Libya
religion Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
threatenedBy lack of conservation resources ⓘ
looting ⓘ
weathering ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction ⓘ
UNESCORegion Arab world ⓘ
surface form: Arab States
UNESCOSiteId 190 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Archaeological Site of Cyrene ⓘ
usedFor religious festivals ⓘ
rituals honoring Zeus ⓘ

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Cyrene → hasSite → Temple of Zeus at Cyrene ⓘ
Temple of Zeus at Cyrene → partOf → Temple of Zeus at Cyrene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Zeus at Cyrene