Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: July 21, 2018
Caption: Polygonal wall
Additional Description: The retaining wall was built to support the terrace housing the construction of the second temple of Apollo in 548 BC. Its name is taken from the polygonal masonry of which it is constructed. At a later date, from 200 BC onwards, the stones were inscribed with the manumission contracts of slaves who were consecrated to Apollo. Approximately a thousand manumissions are recorded on the wall. -- Wikipedia
Submitted: November 13, 2018, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p453699
File Size: 3.466 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.