Heraion of Samos
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| State Party |  Greece |
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| Type | Cultural | |
| Criteria | ii, iii | |
| Identification | #595 | |
| Region2 | Europe and North America | |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1992 16th WH Committee Session |
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| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/595 | |
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- For other uses, see Heraion (disambiguation)
The Heraion of Samos was built by the architects Rhoikos and Theodoros in 540 BC. The temple stood opposite the cult altar of Hera in her sanctuary. The temple was designated a joint UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the nearby Pythagoreion in 1992.
It was a dipteral temple, that is with a portico of columns two deep, which surrounded it entirely. It had a deep square-roofed Pronaos in front of a closed Cella. Cella and Pronaos were divided into three equal aisles by two rows of columns that marched down the Pronaos and through the Temple. The result was that Hera was worshipped in a Temple fitted within a stylized grove of columns, eight across and twenty-one deep. The columns stood on unusual bases that were horizontally fluted.
The Heraion of Samos was the first of the gigantic Ionic temples. Unfortunately it stood for only about a decade before it was destroyed, probably by an earthquake. One of the giant statues from the Heraion survives in the Samos Archaeological Museum.
Acropolis, Athens | Archaeological Site of Delphi | Archaeological Site of Epidaurus | Archaeological Site of Olympia | Archaeological Site of Vergina | Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns | Christian Sites of Pátmos | Delos | Meteora | Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni | Mount Athos | Mystras | Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika | Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos | Medieval City of Rhodes | Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Bassae
