Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient Greek temple archaeological site

The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae is a remarkably well-preserved 5th-century BC Greek temple in the Peloponnese, celebrated for its innovative blend of Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian architectural styles.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae canonical	10
Bassae	5
Temple of Apollo at Bassae	2
Bassae in Arcadia	1
Bassae sanctuary	1
Sanctuary of Apollo at Bassae	1
Temple of Apollo Epicurius UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae in Arcadia	1
Temple of Apollo at Bassae frieze	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae	1
classical sanctuary of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae	1
sanctuary of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae	1
Ναός του Επικούριου Απόλλωνα στις Βάσσες	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient Greek temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Corinthian order ⓘ Doric order ⓘ Ionic order ⓘ
attributedArchitect	Ictinus ⓘ
constructionStartDate	late 5th century BC ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Apollo Epicurius ⓘ
friezeCurrentLocation	British Museum ⓘ
friezeDepicts	Amazonomachy ⓘ Centauromachy ⓘ
friezeMaterial	marble ⓘ
GreekName	Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ναός του Επικούριου Απόλλωνα στις Βάσσες
hasFeature	earliest known Corinthian capital ⓘ interior Ionic colonnade ⓘ naos ⓘ opisthodomos ⓘ peripteral colonnade ⓘ pronaos ⓘ
hasFrieze	continuous Ionic frieze ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	circa 420 BC ⓘ
inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListAs	Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae self-link ⓘ
interiorOrder	Corinthian ⓘ Ionic ⓘ
locatedIn	Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bassae Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Greece ⓘ
locatedInRegionalUnit	Arcadia ⓘ
locatedNear	Figaleia ⓘ
locatedOn	slope of Mount Kotilion ⓘ
materialUsed	local limestone ⓘ marble for sculptural elements ⓘ
numberOfColumnsOnFacade	6 ⓘ
numberOfColumnsOnFlanks	15 ⓘ
orderOfPeristyle	Doric ⓘ
orientation	north–south ⓘ
period	Classical Greece ⓘ
reasonForConstruction	votive offering to Apollo ⓘ
reasonForEpithet	Apollo worshipped as helper in time of plague ⓘ
stateOfPreservation	remarkably well-preserved ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion	Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	392 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStateParty	Greece ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed	1986 ⓘ
unusualFeature	north–south orientation instead of typical east–west ⓘ

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

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Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae → GreekName → Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ναός του Επικούριου Απόλλωνα στις Βάσσες

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this entity surface form: Bassae

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Figaleia → hasNearbySite → Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Bassae

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Centauromachy → notableDepiction → Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Apollo at Bassae

World Heritage Sites in Greece → hasSite → Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ

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Panhellenic sanctuary network → hasPart → Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae ⓘ

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