Chiesa di San Nicola
Chiesa di San Nicola
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- Valley of the Temples
Lonely Planet review for Chiesa di San Nicola
In the grounds of the Museo Archeologico is the 13th-century Cistercian Chiesa di San Nicola, with a fine Gothic doorway. Inside, in the second chapel on the right, you'll find a Roman sarcophagus, which bears a wonderful relief of the myth of Phaedra. Alongside it is the Oratory of Phalaris (Oratorio di Falaride), a temple dating from the 1st century BC that was converted into an oratory during the Middle Ages.
On the church's esplanade stands an ancient Odeon called the Ekklesiasterion, built in the 3rd century BC for public meetings.
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