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The temple
The Temple of Sangri was built around 530 BC entirely of marble
The Temple of Sangri is a Late Archaic Greek temple on Naxos, about 1.5 km south of Ano Sangri. It was built around 530 BC, is one of the earliest Ionic temples and was built completely from Naxian marble.
Whose temple
The sanctuary was probably dedicated to Demeter, or perhaps Kore
Based on the finds, the sanctuary was probably dedicated to Demeter or perhaps Kore. For this reason and because of its unusual shape, the temple is often called a telesterion. There are also indications of a cult to Apollo on the site.
Unusual plan
The plan is almost square, and it carried the oldest marble roof
The ground plan is almost square, when Greek temples of the archaic period are usually elongated. The facade is on the south side instead of the usual east. Roof beams supported the oldest known marble roof of ancient architecture, which covered the pronaos.
A basilica
In the 6th century AD the temple was taken down for a church
In the 6th century AD the temple was largely demolished, and a three-naved Christian basilica was built from the same stone on the same site. Nikolaos Kondoleon investigated the temple in 1949.
Rebuilt
About 1600 surviving parts allowed a partial rebuilding in 1994
The exact measurements of a large number of the 1600 or so surviving parts indicated their original location, which made reconstruction easy. Excavation ran from 1976 to 1985. A partial restoration in 1994 was followed by a small museum on the site, opened in August 2001.
Day 4, morning
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