A Heraion ( /həˈreɪˌɒn/) or Heraeum ( /həˈriːəm/) refers to a temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Hera.
Several temples of Antiquity, beginning with the Heraion of Samos, were dedicated to Hera. They are dispersed in the Mediterranean Basin and in the Near East:
- Heraion of Samos, the most important of the sanctuaries dedicated to Hera;
- Heraion of Argos, near Nafplion in Argolis;
- Heraion of Perachora (Hera Akraia and Hera Limenia), near Corinth;
- Temple of Hera (Olympia);
- Heraion of Lucania, in Magna Graecia;
- Heraion of Paestum;
- Heraion of Selinunte.
Heraion is also the name of the sea-side village near the temple dedicated to Hera in Samos.
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