P253 - Greece - Ancient Temple of Poseidon

Ancient Temple of Poseidon at CapeSounion, Greece

Cape Sounion is a promontory located 69 km SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.

Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788 - 1824).

The site is a popular day-excursion for tourists from Athens, with sunset over the Aegean Sea, as viewed from the ruins, a sought-after spectacle.

舒尼恩半岛（Sounion）的大理石神殿：为侧有13根，前后各6根多里斯式列柱的海神波塞冬神殿 (Poseidon)。这是公元前5世纪古希腊人为纪念海神波塞冬而兴建，是唯一矗立于爱琴海边的神殿。

References sources : wikipedia