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Temple of Apollo Bassae: Greece's Forgotten Masterpiece
Deep in the mountains of Arcadia, on a remote ridge overlooking Bassae, stands the Temple of Apollo Epicurius — one of the best-preserved but least-visited temples in Greece. Built in the 5th century BC by the people of Phigaleia, its architect Ictinus (one of the designers of the Parthenon) incorporated daring innovations: the earliest Corinthian column, an unprecedented north-south orientation, a side door that aligned with the rising sun, and sculpted metopes showing Greeks fighting centaurs and Amazons. Yet the temple was lost to history until 1765, rediscovered by a French architect who…
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