Temple of Juno Lacinia

The Temple of Juno Lacinia is a ruined ancient Greek temple at the heart of a sanctuary dedicated to Hera located on in , Italy, near .
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  • Type: Shrubland
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Capo Colonna archaeological site”, “Temple of Hera Lacinia”, and “Temple on Hera Lacinia (Crotone)”
Photo: Bultro, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capo Colonne Lighthouse and St. Mary of Capo Colonna’s Sanctuary.

Lighthouse
Photo: Salvatore Migliari, CC BY 3.0.
is situated on the extremity of the Promunturium Lacinium, nearby the single column of the Greek temple elevated in honour of Hera Lacinia, at 9 kilometres from on the Ionian Sea. is situated 170 metres south of Temple of Juno Lacinia.

Church
Photo: Peter Siroki, CC BY 2.0.
is a church, which is situated 200 metres northeast of Temple of Juno Lacinia.

Museum
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 490 metres southwest of Temple of Juno Lacinia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capo Colonna.

Suburb
is a cape in located near . In ancient Roman times the promontory was called Promunturium Lacinium. The modern name derives from the remaining column of the Temple of Hera Lacinia.

Temple of Juno Lacinia

Latitude
39.02721° or 39° 1′ 38″ north
Longitude
17.20446° or 17° 12′ 16″ east
Open location code
8FFV26G3+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183835702
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
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natural=­scrub
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tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3621968
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Temple of Juno Lacinia” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Temple de Juno Lacínia”
  • Chinese: “阿格里真托的朱諾神廟”
  • Dutch: “Capo Colonna archaeological site”
  • Finnish: “Hera Lakinian temppeli (Kroton)”
  • Finnish: “Hera Lakinian temppeli”
  • French: “Sanctuaire de Lakinia Héra”
  • French: “temple d’Héra Lacinia”
  • French: “temple de Junon Lacinia”
  • French: “Zone archéologique du Cap Colonna”
  • Italian: “Area archeologica di Capo Colonna”
  • Italian: “Era Lacinia”
  • Italian: “Hera Lacinia”
  • Italian: “Heraion Lacinio”
  • Italian: “Lacinion”
  • Italian: “Lakinion Akron”
  • Italian: “Promontorio di Capo Colonna”
  • Italian: “Santuario di Hera al Capo Colonna”
  • Italian: “Santuario di Hera Lacinia”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Era Lacinia”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Giunone”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Hera Lacinia”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Hera”
  • Italian: “Torre Nao e area archeologica di Capo Colonna”
  • Japanese: “神殿”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Juno Lacínia (Crotone)”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Juno Lacínia”
  • Russian: “Храм Юноны Лацинийской”
  • Slovenian: “arheološko najdišče Capo Colonna”
  • Slovenian: “tempelj Here Lacinije”
  • Slovenian: “tempelj Junone Lacinije”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Juno Lacinia”

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