La Spedizione Siciliana

Italian 3008 – Spring 2016 – Professors Barbara Weiden Boyd and Davida Gavioli

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True Perfection

March 25, 2016 By djohnso

   
Day 6 meant one Dylan Johnson had the privilege of viewing UNESCO World Heritage’s poster-boy temple, the Temple of Concord. I viewed this architectural masterpiece while in a park in Agrigento that was filled with countless other ruins and wonders, like the grand, fallen temple statue below, but, just like UNESCO, I fell in love with Concord. Concord has a perfect 6:13 column ratio (as the ideal ratio is n:(2n+1), and it is among the most well-preserved temples of its kind (Corinthian).

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