What is Temple of Hera at Olympia?
[[File:Olympia - Temple of Hera 3.jpg|thumb|300px|Temple of Hera partly restored]] [[File:Plan Olympia sanctuary-en.svg|thumb|280px|Olympia site map: #4 Temple of Hera is in dark purple (top center). The long ancient Olympic stadium is at far right.]] The '''Temple of Hera''' (''Heraion'') is a temple [[dedicate]]d to Hera, the Greek goddess of marriage. She was the wife of [[Zeus]], the greatest of the Greek gods. The temple was built about 600 BC at [[Olympia, Greece]]. It is one of the oldest [[temple]]s in Greece. It measures 50 [[meter]]s by 18.75 meters. It was about 7.80 meters high. It had six [[Doric order|Doric]] [[column]]s at either end and sixteen Doric columns on each side. The columns were originally made of wood, but were replaced with limestone at different times. The temple was destroyed by an [[earthquake]] in the early 4th century AD. It was not repaired. A [[statue]] of Hera was seated on a [[throne]] at the eastern end of the [[cella]]. A stone head that may be Hera [[survive]]s. Next to Hera stood a statue of Zeus dressed as a [[warrior]]. The famous statue of ''[[Hermes and the Infant Dionysos]]'' of [[Praxiteles]] was kept in the temple. At the western end of the temple was kept the table that held the [[wreath]]s for the [[victor]]s of the [[Olympic Games]]. Other valuable items were also kept at the western end. [[Winner]]s of the ancient all-female ''[[Heraia]]'' had the right to dedicate their statues to the temple. It was at these footraces that the statue of Hera was dressed every four years in a [[robe]] made by the women of Elis. The modern [[Olympic Flame]] is lit at the [[Altar of Hera]] which stands to the east of the temple. The German Archaeological Institute restored some of the columns in the late 20th century as well as the great [[circular]] [[akroterion]] of the temple. The akroterion is displayed in the Olympia museum. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Hera-tempel - Dorisch kapiteel.jpg|[[Doric order|Doric]] [[capital (architecture)|capital]] of a [[column]] File:Plan O