What is "heraion"

A Heraion or Heraeum 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 Metapontum, usually known as the Tavole Palatine, in Magna Graecia;
• Heraion at the mouth of the Sele, Paestum;
• Heraion of Selinunte.

Heraion is also the name of the sea-side village near the temple dedicated to Hera in Samos.

Heraion was an ancient Greek city in Thrace, located in the region of the Propontis.