building constructed in 1980 located near the site of Kolona.
It is normally planed that the collection will be transferred
It
is housing a collection of artefacts from the Temple of
Aphaia, a statue of the Temple of Apollo and Neolithic
pots.
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From the ancient 5th century temple dedicated to Apollo,
god of light and true, only a Doric column remains, proudly
standing on the Hill of Kolona (column in Greek). |
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times of the island.
The temple was dedicated to the Cretan nymph Aphaia, worshiped only on Aegina.
It is one of the most complete archaeological temples of Greece, consisting of various arrays of columns and lintels in a very good condition.
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Ludwig of Bavaria, the father of King Otho.
They are now exposed in the Munich Glyptothek Museum.
A small museum is open on the site.
The Temple of Aphaia can be reached by local bus, leaving
regularly from Aegina Town.
Christos Capralos was a Greek sculptor, born in 1909 in Panaitolio, a village near Agrinio. He studied (1929-34) painting in the Athens School of Fine Arts and sculpture (1934-40) in the Grande Chaumiere and Colsrossi Academies.
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