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So-called Oratory of Phalaris

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale

Contributors: Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jul 08, 2019 08:46 AM — History

A small, rectangular Greek temple-type building dated to the first century B.C. and located in the upper agora of Agrigento, on the Poggetto di San Nicola. The name "Oratory" comes from its later use as a Christian chapel.

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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/946753455

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.2966668, 13.5885018

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of so-called "Oratorio di Falaride" (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Oratorio di Falaride (Italian, modern)
- Oratory of Phalaris (English, modern)

So-called Oratory of Phalaris makes connections with:

So-called Oratory of Phalaris connection Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)
So-called Oratory of Phalaris part of (physical/topographic) Upper Agora at Akragas/Agrigentum (unspecified date range)

So-called Oratory of Phalaris receives connections from:

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Place type:
temple

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called Oratory of Phalaris: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/946753455> [accessed: 24 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/946753455 |title=Places: 946753455 (So-called Oratory of Phalaris) |author=Vitale, V. |accessdate=April 24, 2025 9:30 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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So-called Oratory of Phalaris