• The columned temple of Apollo Epicurius rises majestically within the sanctuary of Bassae in the mountains of Arkadia.
  • Some even characterize the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae as the ‘Second Parthenon‘ because according to Pausanias, Iktinos, who was one of...
  • It is speculated that the central column of the temple was designed to reflect the first rays of the summer solstice, symbolizing the eternal light of the sun god, Apollo.
  • Bassae is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia.
  • The temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae was designed by the same architect as the Parthenon.
  • The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae comprises the remains of a rural temple with outstanding architectural features.
  • Located on a remote mountainside in the Peloponnese, the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae is an exceptionally large, well-preserved and mysterious...
  • Built at an altitude of 1130 m., in the mountainous, lonely Arcadian landscape of Basson Figaleia, in today’s Ilia, the Temple of Apollo Epicurius is one of the best...
  • An hour and a half north of Kalamata – about the same from Pyrgos – is the temple to Apollo Epicurius at Bassae Vasses.
  • One of the first things you wonder when you visit the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae is why it was built here.