Paestum - Basilica

To the south of the Temple of Hera can be seen the misnamed Basilica, the oldest temple on the site, dated by the marked swelling of the columns and the form of the capitals to the second half of the sixth century B.C. As with the Temple of Hera, there are remains of an earlier oval temple at the east end and, 27m/29yd farther east, a sacrificial altar 21m/23yd wide.