Ancient sites · Thiseio

Temple of Hephaestus

Photo: Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0

Doric temple of the 5th century BC on the west edge of the Ancient Agora, the most completely preserved Greek temple standing. Its survival is owed to its use as a Christian church for roughly a thousand years; it gave the surrounding Thiseio district its name.

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