Paestum Italy - the “Temple of Neptune” or "Hera"
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Published 2019-05-12
There are three temples at Paestum. This is the largest and the best preserved. Built in about the mid-fifth century BC.
During the eighteenth century, it was thought this temple was dedicated to Poseidon-Neptune, the deity that gave the Greek city its name (Poseidonia).
However, the attribution to Neptune is still a matter of debate. The temple may have been dedicated to Hera, the main deity of the city.
Considering that a terracotta statue of Zeus was found in the vicinity, another hypothesis is that the temple was dedicated to the most important Greek deity, the husband of Hera and the father of Athena