Kourion Complex (Apollo) post 1945 (1 of 2)

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an arch. The voussoirs of this arch are stored in the immediate vicinity. The stairway leads up to the portico of the South Building. Or one can leave the Southeast Building through the north porch passing over the great threshold block in the north wall. This The north porch faces the main approach to the sanctuary. This was at one time paved, and steps brought one up through the Curium Gate, of which only the foundations remain, to the large square north of the South Building. Bits of the stepped pavement are still extant north of the Southeast Building.

The South Building consists of five rooms, identical in size and plan, separated by four long narrow passages. Access to all five rooms was through the north portico. This was supported on Dorie columns composed of unfluted stone drums like those of the Southeast Building. A section of the north wall of the building was found in the portico flat on its face where it had fallen after an earthquake. During the course of reconstructing the wall stone by stone the excavators were fortunate enough to find the building inscription in situ. A copy of this has been set up in the wall. It tells us that the Emperor Trajan in 101 A.D. constructed in honour of Apollo Caesar and Apollo Hylates the last two exedrae (nos. 4 and 5) and that his governor, Justus Coceius Lepidus, was in charge of the work and dedicated the building.

The central room, or exedra, has been in part restored in ancient stone to facilitate an understanding of the building. Each exedra has a [] shaped platform around the walls with the open side of the [] facing the doorway. A colonnade of Doric columns stood on the edge of the platform, six on each side and one at the end.

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[handwritten: marginal notes in pencil, including "and a single block from the facade; (not part) an inscription formerly in the Sanctuary" and "after erased" and "Sanctuary "]