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Temple of Sangri

Temple of Sangri
Tempel der Demeter (Gyroulas) 18.jpg
The partially restored Temple of Sangri
Temple of Sangri is located in Greece
Temple of Sangri
Shown within Greece
Alternate name Temple of Demeter at Sangri; Sanctuary of Gyroula in Sangri
Location Sangri, Naxos, Greece
Region Cycladic Islands
Coordinates 37°1′45″N 25°25′57.2″E / 37.02917°N 25.432556°E / 37.02917; 25.432556Coordinates: 37°1′45″N 25°25′57.2″E / 37.02917°N 25.432556°E / 37.02917; 25.432556
Type Greek temple
Length 13.29 m (43.6 ft)
Width 12.73 m (41.8 ft)
History
Material Naxian marble
Founded c.530 BC
Abandoned 6th century AD
Periods Archaic Greece
Cultures Ancient Greek
Site notes
Excavation dates 1976-1985
Archaeologists Vassilis Lambrinoudakis and Gottfried Grubenas
Condition Restored
Ownership Greek government
Public access yes

The Temple of Sangri is a Late Archaic Greek temple on the Cycladic island of Naxos in the area of Gyroulas, about 1.5 km south of Ano Sangri (). The temple was built around 530 BC and is one of the earliest Ionic temples. It was built completely from Naxian marble.

The temple was built around 530 BC. 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 referred to as a telesterion. There are also indications of a cult to Apollo on the site. 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.

The temple contains many unusual features. The ground plan is almost square (13.29 x 12.73 m), when Greek temples, especially in the archaic period are usually elongated. The facade was on the south side instead of the usual location on the east or (much more rarely) west side. The temple was built without a foundation platform (the Crepidoma), directly on top of the euthynteria, likewise there is no stylobate for the columns.

The facade was formed of five columns in antis. The columns are in the Samian style, but unfluted. Very unusually, the columns show a slight contraction in width with increasing height, whereas Archaic and Classical Greek columns as a rule increase in thickness towards the top (entasis). The leafy wreathed capitals were not carved in the round, but were instead painted onto the double echinus of the capitals, while the abacus was decorated with a band.


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