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Archaeological Walking Tour:
Valley of the Temples
LENGTH THREE HOURS
Begin your exploration in the so-called Eastern Zone, home to Agrigento's best-preserved temples.
From the eastern ticket office, a short walk leads to the 5th-century BC
Tempio di Hera
(Temple of
Hera, aka Juno), perched on the ridgetop. Though partly destroyed by an earthquake, the colonnade re-
mains largely intact as does a long sacrificial altar. Traces of red are the result of fire damage likely dat-
ing to the Carthaginian invasion of 406 BC.
