Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, Greece

Temple of Artemis

Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, Greece

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The Temple of Artemis in Corfu, Greece, is an Archaic Greek temple built around 580 BC in the ancient city of Korkyra, now located on the grounds of the Saint Theodore monastery in the suburb of Garitsa. A landmark of early Doric architecture, it ranks among the first temples built exclusively of stone and was one of the first to fully incorporate all elements of the Doric style, a distinction shared with the Temple of Apollo in Syracuse. The peripteral structure measured 23.46 meters wide by 49 meters long, oriented eastward to admit dawn light, making it one of the largest temples of its era. Its pediment reliefs—among the earliest significant survivals of Archaic Greek temple sculpture—featured scenes of Achilles and Memnon. The temple's monumental rectangular altar, originally 2.7 meters wide and 25 meters long, survives only in its 8-meter northern section; the monastery's construction obliterated the southern portion. Excavated from 1911 onward, the Temple of Artemis stands roughly 700 meters northwest of the Temple of Hera and is recognized as a milestone in Western architectural history.

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ancient Greek architecture

Type: temple, ancient Greek temple, archaeological site
Place: Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands, Greece

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