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  • The Excavations of 1812

    The Excavations of 1812

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT The Excavations of 1812 01 / EXPLORE The age of the travellers Introduction The period from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, following the maritime explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, has been described as a second great age of discovery. Its intellectual background was shaped by the Renaissance…

  • The Modern Restoration Programme

    The Modern Restoration Programme

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT The Modern Restoration Programme Choose a section 01 / EXPLORE The early interventions Early Interventions Following the establishment of the Greek State, particularly in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many scholars studied the monuments at Bassae and undertook the exceptionally difficult task of conserving and restoring the Temple…

  • Restoration Studies

    Restoration Studies

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT Restoration Studies 01 / EXPLORE Restoration of the long sides Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae: Restoration of the Long Sides and Reconstruction of Blocks in the North Architrave Temple of Apollo Epikourios: Study presented in its original form. Browse the study ↗ 02 / EXPLORE Connectors & architrave blocks…

  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius: Study of the Restoration of the Long Sides and the North Architrave

    Temple of Apollo Epicurius: Study of the Restoration of the Long Sides and the North Architrave

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT Restoring the long sides& the north architrave 01 / EXPLORE Browse the publication Temple of Apollo Epicurius: Study of the Restoration of the Long Sides and the North Architrave Browse the study of the restoration of the long sides of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae and the reconstruction…

  • Design of New Connectors for the Architrave Blocks and Proposal for Completing the North Architrave

    Design of New Connectors for the Architrave Blocks and Proposal for Completing the North Architrave

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT New connectorsfor the architrave blocks 01 / EXPLORE Browse the publication Design of New Connectors for the Architrave Blocks and Proposal for Completing the North Architrave Browse the study on the design of new connectors for the architrave blocks of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae and the proposal…

  • Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae: Nineteenth-Century Views and the Work of ESNEA — Calendar-Album 2010

    Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae: Nineteenth-Century Views and the Work of ESNEA — Calendar-Album 2010

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT Nineteenth-century viewsCalendar–Album 2010 01 / EXPLORE Browse the publication Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae: Nineteenth-Century Views and the Work of ESNEA — Calendar-Album 2010 Browse the 2010 calendar-album, Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, Phigaleia: Nineteenth-Century Visual Accounts and the Work of the Committee for the Conservation of the…

  • Ancient Phigaleia

    Ancient Phigaleia

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT Ancient Phigaleia 01 / EXPLORE The city & its territory The City Responsible for the Sanctuary In antiquity, Phigaleia was one of the most powerful Arcadian cities. Its territory included the sanctuary and Temple of Apollo Epicurius, and it was also associated with the region of Triphylia. The city took…

  • The Sanctuaries on Mount Kotilion

    The Sanctuaries on Mount Kotilion

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT The sanctuarieson Mount Kotilion 01 / EXPLORE Aphrodite & Artemis at Kotilo At Kotilo on Mount Kotilion The Sanctuaries of Aphrodite and Artemis Orthasia On Mount Kotilion, at an altitude of 1,226 m, northwest of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius and approximately 100 m above it, lie the remains of…

  • Bassae and Parrhasia

    Bassae and Parrhasia

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT Bassae and Parrhasia 01 / EXPLORE Bassae & the Arcadian landscape The sanctuary of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae stood on the fringes of Parrhasia, one of the oldest regions of Arcadia, extending along the western edge of the Megalopolis basin and the eastern slopes of Mount Lykaion. The name Bassai…

  • The Rediscovery of the Temple

    The Rediscovery of the Temple

    BASSAE / EXPLORE THE MONUMENT The Rediscovery of the Temple 01 / EXPLORE From silence to rediscovery Archaeological evidence indicates that the temple remained in use at least until the visit of Pausanias in the second century AD. His account is the only surviving description of the monument from antiquity. In the centuries that followed,…

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