The Temple of Apollo at Bassae is attributed to Iktinos by ancient tradition through Pausanias, but modern scholars doubt it. The people of Phigaleia were the client. The introduction says mid- to late-5th century BC, while the body says between 450 and 400 BC.
The article describes a Doric peristyle of six by fifteen columns, with Ionic columns inside and a single Corinthian capital, reportedly the earliest known. The temple is aligned north to south, unlike most Greek temples. It is grey Arcadian limestone with a marble interior frieze, and the stylobate is 126 by 48 feet (38.3 by 14.5 m).
It was used until the 4th or 5th century AD. The frieze metopes went to the British Museum in 1815. Excavations took place in 1836, 1902 and 1959 to 1979, and UNESCO listed it in 1986. A white protective tent currently covers it. The article gives no hours.
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