The Temple G of Selinus is one of the largest Doric temples in the Mediterranean and one of the most problematic to study, due both to the magnitude of the collapse, which reaches a height of up to seven meters in some points, and to its condition of being “unfinished,” or rather “unpolished.” In recent years, the Mission of the University of Urbino has been able to gather a considerable amount of new data on the architecture of the temple, the organization of the construction site, and the methods of block processing. Begun around 530 B.C., the construction of the building continued until around 490/480 B.C., as evidenced, for example, by the differences in the style of the capitals between the east and west sides. Subsequently, the finishing operations were not completed: out of 54 columns only one was fully fluted, some show traces of intermediate processing, and most are smooth. Despite the lack of refinements, the temple was in use at the time of the Carthaginian siege of 409 B.C., as evidenced by traces of stucco on the capitals, remnants of flooring and fragments of roof tiles found in various stratigraphic trenches.
Il Tempio G di Selinunte. Nuovi dati sul cantiere di un grandioso edificio “non rifinito”
Oscar Mei
2024
Abstract
The Temple G of Selinus is one of the largest Doric temples in the Mediterranean and one of the most problematic to study, due both to the magnitude of the collapse, which reaches a height of up to seven meters in some points, and to its condition of being “unfinished,” or rather “unpolished.” In recent years, the Mission of the University of Urbino has been able to gather a considerable amount of new data on the architecture of the temple, the organization of the construction site, and the methods of block processing. Begun around 530 B.C., the construction of the building continued until around 490/480 B.C., as evidenced, for example, by the differences in the style of the capitals between the east and west sides. Subsequently, the finishing operations were not completed: out of 54 columns only one was fully fluted, some show traces of intermediate processing, and most are smooth. Despite the lack of refinements, the temple was in use at the time of the Carthaginian siege of 409 B.C., as evidenced by traces of stucco on the capitals, remnants of flooring and fragments of roof tiles found in various stratigraphic trenches.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
