Asklepieion, Empuries, Catalonia, Spain

Asklepieion, a therapeutic, medicinal and religious sanctuary consecrated to the Greek god of medicine Asklepios, built 2nd century BC, aerial view, at Empuries, an ancient settlement founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea, on the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain. The statue of Asklepios was discovered in 1909 inside a large cistern in front of the temple, the original is in the museum. The town was settled by the Romans from 218 BC and abandoned in the Middle Ages. The site has been undergoing excavation since 1908. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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