Portara, Naxos

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Susanne Tofern
published on 01 March 2013
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The Portara of Naxos. The doorway leading from the prodromos to the cella of the 6th century BCE temple of Apollo. The doorway is 6m high and 3.5 m wide. The temple itself, as indicated by its surviving foundations, measured some 59 by 28 metres.

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