A new small temple has been discovered
in the ruins of the ancient Magna Graecia city of Selinunte in
south-western Sicily, officials at the archaeological park there
said Friday.
Selinunte, one of the biggest and most important ancient Greek
cities in southern Italy, boasts several magnificent temples,
the earliest dating to 500 BC.
The official said that new buildings had been found linked to
the sacred area between the Archaic and Classical periods and a
structure that at the moment would appear to be a small temple,
about two-thirds the size of Temple R.
They were uncovered in a dig by New York university and the
university of Milan.
The investigations concern the large urban sanctuary on the
acropolis.
The mission has identified the large monumental access to the
north-west, a room with a circular well, various objects, coins
and a structure that would seem to lead to an as yet unknown
small temple, not very large and without columns.
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