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Segesta was built by the Greeks in ca. 500 B.C. and is the best preserved temple in the Mediterranean

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Built outside the city of Segesta, it demonstrates Greek colonial city planning.    Interior of the temple. Many scholars think that the temple was not built with a roof; it may have been built for a godess of nature

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This picture gives you an idea of the temple's size