Temple of Hephaestus, Attica, Greece
4.5 (4.574 reviews) Spent Price Range: from $8.03 Ranking #7 in Athens Ancient Ruins • Religious Sites
One of the best sites in Athens
This ancient Greek temple, located on the Acropolis and dedicated to Hephaistos, god of the forge, is one of the few temples to be almost entirely preserved.
Address
24 Adrianou St. Ancient Agora of Athens, Athens 105 55 Greece
Website
http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj
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5permia 5:00 PM Apr 20, 2020
Magnificently preserved
It’s a glorious sight on the little hill within the Agora. A scene of Pentelic marble columns against the deep azure of the morning time was particularly delightful. As one of the best preserved Greek temples from antiquity it makes for a marvellous treasure. It was great strolling around the full extent admiring the soaring columns and pediments. Triglyphs and metopes are in remarkably good condition and provide a vivid picture of what it must have looked like when completed in 415 BC.
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4Matthew P 5:00 PM Sep 19, 2022
Temple on a hill top
A short walk up hill and you arrive at the temple, the view is lovely as is the breeze as it was a tad warm. The temple has loads of carving if you look at the higher parts of the walls. People were working on the ground so we were not allowed in, which was a pity. As i would of liked to walk through.
