Portara Temple of Apollo Naxos
Quick facts Location: Palatia islet, at the entrance to Naxos Town’s harbour, connected to the mainland by a causeway built in 1919. Built: construction began around 530 BC under the Naxian tyrant Lygdamis, intended as one of the largest temples in the Aegean, and was abandoned unfinished around 524 BC. What survives: the marble doorway … Read more
