Title

An asklepieion in the Greek city of Emporion, Empuries, Spain, 2007. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

An asklepieion in the Greek city of Emporion, Empuries, Spain, 2007. In ancient Greece and Rome an asklepieion was a healing temple, sacred to the god Asclepius. Empuries is an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. It was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea (who called it Emporion) and was later occupied by the Romans (who renamed it Emporiae). It was abandoned in the Middle Ages when its exposed coastal position left it open to marauders.

Date

1934

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D75_269

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,2Mb (3,7Mb) / 11,4in x 17,1in / 3419 x 5129 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe city health religious country religion temple Spain Spanish statue continent European color colour ruins archaeology ruin Greece deity God location century Catalonia photograph ruined archaeological site mythology archeology 21st century goddess catalunya Girona Ancient Greece Empuries Ancient Greek Ancient Rome Ancient city Aesculapius Asclepius Asklepios TGN photograph Asclepeion Sites & Photos Samuel Magal asklepieion Catalonian Cataluña Ampurias Emporiae Emporion Magal Samuel photograph