Steven Sklifas - Writer Photographer

Image 1 of 1
Less

Greece_Crete_Gortys_034.tif

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox

Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the scare remains of the Temple of Pythian Apollo which was the holiest sanctuary in Gortyn and known throughout the ancient world. The temple was built in the 7th century BC above an earlier Minoan temple, and was remodelled in the Hellenistic period and then was converted to a Christian church in the 2nd century AD. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.

Copyright
Copyright Steven Sklifas. All Rights Reserved.
Image Size
3926x2612 / 29.4MB
Keywords
Contained in galleries
Gortys - Crete - Greece
Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of the scare remains of the Temple of Pythian Apollo which was the holiest sanctuary in Gortyn and known throughout the ancient world. The temple was built in the 7th century BC above an earlier Minoan temple, and was remodelled in the Hellenistic period and then was converted to a Christian church in the 2nd century AD. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.

Featured as one of the best Melbourne photographers