HERITAGE RECORD · 392

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

巴赛的阿波罗•伊壁鸠鲁神庙

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

This famous temple to the god of healing and the sun was built towards the middle of the 5th century B.C. in the lonely heights of the Arcadian mountains. The temple, which has the oldest Corinthian capital yet found, combines the Archaic style and the serenity of the Doric style with some daring architectural features.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ38278862 ↗

Inception0420

Administrative areaQ1960517 · Q7623270

ArchitectQ311502

WikipediaTemple of Apollo at Bassae ↗

Chinese Wikipedia巴赛的阿波罗·伊壁鸠鲁神庙 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.

(ii)An important interchange of human values in architecture, technology, arts, town planning or landscape design.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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