Highlights of Italy and Sicily

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Wild geraniums in the Valley of Temples.

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Another type of wildflower in the Valley of the Temples.

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Field of poppies and yellow wildflowers in the Valley of the Temples.

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The temple of Concorde is the only temple still standing in its whole. It was built in 430 BC, and in the 6th century BC it was changed into a sacred building: you can still see the arches included in the central cell walls. Here there are massive tapered columns and the frieze is decorated with triglyphs and metopes. The name Concorde comes from a Latin inscription founded nearby the temple itself.

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700 year old olive tree near the Temple of Concorde.

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Temple of Concorde

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Part of the Catacombs near the Temple of Concorde.

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Necropoli or Necropolis (City of the Dead)

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Tombs in the Necropolis in the Valley of the Tombs.

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Additional graves in the Necropoli.

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Old road used to bring up the blocks to build the temples. The road is from the 5th century BC.

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Tempio di Castore e Polluce

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Ruins of the temple of Heracles (Hercules)

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Tracks from moving the blocks for the temples and a villa. Once the blocke were moved, the tracks became an aquaduct.

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Entrance to the Temple of Zeus

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Foundation of the Temple of Zeus. The main part of the temple was used for other constrution in Roman times.

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The U indentations on the blocks were used to hold ropes so that the blocks could be lifted.

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A giant statue of a reclining man in the Temple of Zeus.

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Classical temple columns used in many advertisements. It was misnamed by 19th century archealogists and now is generally acknowledged as unnamed.

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The Sleeping Giant, a huge stone male figure much in the fashion of the Caryatids of the Erechtheum at the Athens Acropolis. The sole purpose of the Telamones seems to have been to assist in supporting the massive temple roof structure. 'Our' giant was observed to be taking a nap and apparently had been doing so for quite a while.

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