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The Temple of Hephaestus located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens with people visiting the site

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The Temple of Ares was a building located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens. The Temple was identified as such by Pausanias but the ruins present today indicate a complex history. Ares had a temple somewhat like Athena's .

The Temple of Ares located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens with people visiting the site

Ancient Agora of Athens & Temple of Hephaestus | Greece | 4K


The foundations are of early Greece construction and date, but fragments of the superstructure, now located at the western end of the temple, can be dated to the 5th century BC. From the fragments archaeologists are confident that they belonged to a Doric peripteral temple of a similar size, plan and date to the Temple of Hephaestus. Marks on the remaining stones indicate that the temple may have originally stood elsewhere and was dismantled, moved and reconstructed on the Roman base - a practice common during the Roman occupation of Greece. The temple probably came from the sanctuary of Athena Pallenis at modern Stavro, where foundations have been found but no temple remains are present.

An illustration of the temple of Ares guarded by two soldiers with  lightning in the sky, and a warrior approaches the temple across the rugged volcanic landscape
The Temple of Ares with visible cracked columns

The Temple of Ares with visible ruined pediment on the side

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