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Comments:	On a hill just outside the site of the ancient city of Segesta lies an unusually well preserved Doric temple. It is thought to have been built in the 420's BC by an Athenian architect and has six by fourteen columns on a base measuring 21 by 56 meters, on a platform three steps high. Several things suggest that the temple was never actually finished. The columns have not been fluted as they normally would have been in a Doric temple and there are still tabs present in the blocks of the base (used for lifting the blocks into place but then normally removed). It also lacks a cella and was never roofed over. The temple is also unusual for being a Hellenic temple in a city not mainly populated by Greeks. It can also be noted that this temple lacks any painted or sculptured ornamentation, altar, and deity dedication. This temple escaped destruction by the Carthaginians in the late 5th century.<p> Hours of operation: Monday through Sunday: January 1st to February 28th from 09.00 (9:00 am) to 15.30 (3:30 pm), March 1st to March 29th from 09.00 9:00 am) to 17.00 (5:00 pm), March 30th to September 30th from 09.00 (9:00 am) to 18.00 (6:00 pm), October 1st through the 25th from 09.00 (9:00 am) to 17.00 (5:00 pm), October 26th to December 31st from 09.00 (9:00 am to 15.30 (3:30 pm). <p> Admission: You do not have to pay admission to access the machines. €14.00 (in case of temporary exhibitions: € 16.00). Admission is free on the first Sunday of each month. March 8th free admission for all women. March 10th free admission for all visitors on the occasion of "The day of Sicilian Cultural Heritage", available at the ticket office. Free parking. <p> <b>Machine 1</b> is in the parking lot between vending machines. Cost to press: €1.05 each design (€1 coin and a 5 Euro cent coin). Designs all have a beaded border: <br> 1. (H) Outline of Sicily with 'Sicilia'. <br> 2. (H) Segesta Temple with 'Tempio Segesta'. <br> 3. (H) Segesta amphitheater with 'Teatro Segesta'. <p> <b>Token Machine 1</b> is in the parking lot between vending machines. Cost to dispense: €2 (one 2 euro coin <b>OR</b> two 1 euro coins. Designs: <br> Obverse: Segesta Temple and amphitheater with 'Segesta'. <br> Reverse: Six stars surrounding an outline of Italy with 'Moneta Da Collezione Italia'. <p> G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 37°56'30.8" N Longitude:12°50'10.1" E <br> Google Maps coordinates:WRRP+P7 Calatafimi-Segesta, Free municipal consortium of Trapani, Italy<p> 27/09/2025. Tokens are beautiful. <br> Unfortunately penny machine defective at the moment. What a pity! Mica <p>
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Tempio di Segesta (Segesta Temple) / Parco Archeologico Segesta

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Contrada Barbaro S.P. 68
Sicily, Trapani Province - Calatafimi Segesta, Italy, 91013

Phone: +39 0924 952356

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On a hill just outside the site of the ancient city of Segesta lies an unusually well preserved Doric temple. It is thought to have been built in the 420's BC by an Athenian architect and has six by fourteen columns on a base measuring 21 by 56 meters, on a platform three steps high. Several things suggest that the temple was never actually finished. The columns have not been fluted as they normally would have been in a Doric temple and there are still tabs present in the blocks of the base (used for lifting the blocks into place but then normally removed). It also lacks a cella and was never roofed over. The temple is also unusual for being a Hellenic temple in a city not mainly populated by Greeks. It can also be noted that this temple lacks any painted or sculptured ornamentation, altar, and deity dedication. This temple escaped destruction by the Carthaginians in the late 5th century.

Hours of operation: Monday through Sunday: January 1st to February 28th from 09.00 (9:00 am) to 15.30 (3:30 pm), March 1st to March 29th from 09.00 9:00 am) to 17.00 (5:00 pm), March 30th to September 30th from 09.00 (9:00 am) to 18.00 (6:00 pm), October 1st through the 25th from 09.00 (9:00 am) to 17.00 (5:00 pm), October 26th to December 31st from 09.00 (9:00 am to 15.30 (3:30 pm).

Admission: You do not have to pay admission to access the machines. €14.00 (in case of temporary exhibitions: € 16.00). Admission is free on the first Sunday of each month. March 8th free admission for all women. March 10th free admission for all visitors on the occasion of "The day of Sicilian Cultural Heritage", available at the ticket office. Free parking.

Machine 1 is in the parking lot between vending machines. Cost to press: €1.05 each design (€1 coin and a 5 Euro cent coin). Designs all have a beaded border:
1. (H) Outline of Sicily with 'Sicilia'.
2. (H) Segesta Temple with 'Tempio Segesta'.
3. (H) Segesta amphitheater with 'Teatro Segesta'.

Token Machine 1 is in the parking lot between vending machines. Cost to dispense: €2 (one 2 euro coin OR two 1 euro coins. Designs:
Obverse: Segesta Temple and amphitheater with 'Segesta'.
Reverse: Six stars surrounding an outline of Italy with 'Moneta Da Collezione Italia'.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: 37°56'30.8" N Longitude:12°50'10.1" E
Google Maps coordinates:WRRP+P7 Calatafimi-Segesta, Free municipal consortium of Trapani, Italy

27/09/2025. Tokens are beautiful.
Unfortunately penny machine defective at the moment. What a pity! Mica

Machine 1 - In the parking lot between vending machines

Token machine 1 - In the parking lot between vending machines