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The metopes (carved space on a Doric frieze) around the entablature depict the legendary feats of Heracles and Theseus.
But the golden glow of the temples’ Doric columns and the idyllic setting amid acadia and almond trees on a precipice overlooking the Mediterranean are enough to encourage you to worship a whole pantheon of Greek gods.
A series of six Doric columns mark the transition into the Propylaia following which there are four symmetrical rooms, two on either side of the walkway.
Of the 34 Doric columns only 15 are still in situ, and the ornate frieze on the pediment and entablature has been ravaged by the salty air, but the whole effect of the building combined with the setting — with beach on one side and sheer drop on the other — is magnificent.
Italy has no more magnificent testimony of its Greek colonies than this complex of wonderfully preserved Doric temples, a 40-minute drive south from Salerno, dating back to the fifth and sixth centuries b.c.
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