115:. The temple of Artemis was entirely spoliated of the marble cladding of the cella and the corniche of the gate was dismantled and replaced by plain jambs. The cella was paved with a polychrome mosaic floor and converted into a public reception hall. In the 6th-century the roof of the cella collapsed and the whole building was further transformed into a private residential stronghold in the middle of a wide artisanal quarter that occupied the upper terrace of the sanctuary. The structures of the temple withstood the
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Since the early 9th-century the residence was progressively abandoned and the cella silted up of sandy deposits and garbage dumps. An earthquake between the 12th and the 13th-century demolished the upper half of the walls of the temple and the tumble filled the whole area, inside and around the
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In front of the steps of the temple, 18 m far, the moulded base of the altar has been identified under the structures left by the
Byzantine and Early Islamic occupation of the terrace. The altar has a square plan 12 m side and it was built north of the central axis of the temple. From scarce
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cella. The vaults of the podium remained accessible from outside and continued to be frequented until modern times by shepherds, squatters and treasure hunters. There is no evidence that the Temple of
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Italian Archaeological Mission works in the sanctuary of Artemis since 1978. In 2018, a cooperative project of conservation was started in the Temple of Artemis by the
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