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The temple of Poseidon, cape Sounio, Athens, Greece #103735311
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The temple of Poseidon was constructed in 444ââ¬â440 BC, over the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic period. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 metres 200 ft. The design of the temple is a typical hexastyle, i.e., it had a front portico with six columns. Only some columns of the Sounion temple stand today, but when intact it would have closely resembled the contemporary a