The Library's extensive collection includes copies of all the metopes of the Centauromachy and the Amazonomachy from the famous Temple of Apollo Epicurius. Inside, there was the wooden statue of the god Apollo Bassitas, the word Bassae meaning ‘gorge’. Pausanias mentions that when the famine broke out, the Phigalians left their city and went to pray in the fresh air of the mountains and were healed. Believing that the wooden statue had healed them, they built a temple in the name of Apollo, which they named Epicurius, as it was believed to provide aid, that is to say, help with their healing against the famine. For this reason, they sent for Ictinus, the architect of the Parthenon, who began work in 430 BC and finished in 410 BC. It is remarkable that this is the most well-preserved temple of antiquity, with important architectural particularities, such as the fact that it is oriented from north to south rather than from east to west, and that its creator, Ictinus, uniquely combined three architectural rhythms, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Finally, it is worth noting that this temple is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.