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Location

  • Italy, Naples
  • geo:40.851109,14.25711
  • Location: correct and verified

Period or year

  • 50? / unknown

Classification

  • temple
  • Visible

Temple of the Dioscuri

data access 19793

Temple of the Dioscuri, nowadays San Paolo Maggiore. The church was built upon the ruins of that temple. The church occupied the area behind the temple's pronaos. The front section of the latter, including six columns and triangular tympanum, was visibile until 1688, when it was destroyed by an earthquake. The current church includes two corinthian columns from the ancient edifice. They stand awkwardly in front, linked by a fragile beam projecting from the facade1.

References

  1. Wikipedia: San Paolo Maggiore

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Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2014-12-20) , last updated by Werner Doenni (2024-11-28), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/19793
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and Doenni, W., Temple of the Dioscuri. https://vici.org/vici/19793, accessed 2026-07-06.