Syracuse - Temple of Zeus

Immediately south of the Anapo and Ciane Rivers, which join just before they flow into the sea, is the site of this Temple of Zeus. Take the SS 115 Ragusa road as far as the bridge over the rivers and then climb up the narrow road on the right to a small hill. Here can be seen all that remains of the temple, the foundations on which two columns have been re-erected. This, too, is a place away from the normal tourist route and in romantic surroundings.

The Temple of Zeus of Olympia was built c. 560 B.C., 10 years after the Temple of Apollo in Syracuse, to which it is similar in some ways. It too has six monolithic columns 8m/26ft tall at each end and 17 along the sides, colored terracotta cladding on the geison (cornice), a double