Tempio di Demetra
In the eastern part of the city, beside the steep slope at the edge of the Rupe Atenea in the valley of the river Akragas (which is now a stream called San Biagio), is the Temple of Demeter. This Doric style building (480-470 B.C.) in local calcarenite has a simple plan, with no colonnade and with a main rectangular cella and porch with two columns. The roof was decorated by lion-head-shaped drips for rainwater.
Part of the elevation of the temple was incorporated into the Medieval Church of San Biagio, while its foundations are still partly visible behind the apse of the church. Not far from here, there are two round altars with central wells, which at the time of discovery were full of votive offerings. On the terrace below the temple, outside the city walls, is the so-called cave Sanctuary which was also dedicated to the cult of Demeter. The temple was connected to the Rupe Atenea (the acropolis of the city) by a road (the carriageway of which is still visible on the bedrock), which dominated the monumental sector of the fortifications of the First Gate.
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