Temple of Aphaia

The Temple of Aphaia is a Doric peripteral temple built c. 500-490 BC on a hilltop 160 metres above sea level on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, replacing an earlier temple destroyed by fire c. 510 BC. Dedicated to the goddess Aphaia, it features 6 columns on the short sides and 12 on the long sides, with 24 of the original 32 columns still standing. Its famous pediment sculptures depicting scenes from the Trojan War were excavated in 1811 and are now in Munich's Glyptothek. Tradition holds it forms a sacred triangle with the Parthenon and the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion.