Mérida, Spain
8 BCE
Ávila, Spain
11th century
Ávila, Spain
1091
A Coruña, Spain
2nd century AD
Mérida, Spain
16-15 BCE
Guadalupe, Spain
14th century
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
1563
Úbeda, Spain
16th century
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
1499
Mérida, Spain
835 AD
Ávila, Spain
c. 1120
Mérida, Spain
25 BCE
Mérida, Spain
1st century AD
Aranjuez, Spain
16th century
Ávila, Spain
12th century
Córdoba, Spain
936 AD
Oviedo, Spain
848 AD
Baeza, Spain
16th century
Oviedo, Spain
9th century AD
Oviedo, Spain
c. 830 AD
The Temple of Edfu is one of the best preserved ancient shrines in Egypt. It was built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC.
Edfu was one of several temples built during the Ptolemaic Kingdom, including the Dendera Temple complex, Esna, the Temple of Kom Ombo, and Philae. Its size reflects the relative prosperity of the time. The present temple initially consisted of a pillared hall, two transverse halls, and a barque sanctuary surrounded by chapels. The building was started during the reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes and completed in 57 BC under Ptolemy XII Auletes. It was built on the site of an earlier, smaller temple also dedicated to Horus, although the previous structure was oriented east–west rather than north–south as in the present site.