Ancient Agora of Athens
The Ancient Agora of Athens is an ancient Greek agora. It is located to the northwest of the Acropolis, and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos, also called Market Hill.Photo: jonezes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: major archaeological site of Athens
- Also known as: “Agora of Athens archaeological site” and “Athenian agora site”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parthenon and Temple of Hephaestus.
Parthenon
Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilisation, and democracy. Parthenon is situated 560 metres southeast of Ancient Agora of Athens.
Temple of Hephaestus
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The Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaisteion, is a well-preserved Greek temple dedicated to Hephaestus; it remains standing largely intact today. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. Temple of Hephaestus is situated 100 metres west of Ancient Agora of Athens.
New Bouleuterion
Ruins
Photo: HelmutKienzle, CC BY 4.0.
Bouleuterion, also translated as council house, assembly house, and senate house, was a building in ancient Greece which housed the council of citizens of a democratic city state.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monastiraki and Asteroskopeio.
Monastiraki
Neighborhood
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Monastiraki is a flea market neighborhood in the old town of Athens, Greece, and is one of the main shopping districts in Athens. The area is home to clothing boutiques, souvenir shops and specialty stores, and is a major tourist attraction in Athens and Attica for bargain shopping.
Asteroskopeio
Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
Asteroskopeio, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of Athens, Greece. It is located between Thiseio and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the National Observatory of Athens that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek Georgios Sinas.
Psyri
Neighborhood
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Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music tavernas, and small number of hotels.
Ancient Agora of Athens
- Categories: tourist attraction, Samian Ware Discovery Site, and tourism
- Location: Athens, Athens Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ancient Agora of Athens” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الأغورا القديمة في أثينا”
- Armenian: “Աթենքի ագորա”
- Basque: “Atenasko agora”
- Bulgarian: “Атинска агора”
- Bulgarian: “Музей на Древната агора”
- Catalan: “àgora d’Atenes”
- Catalan: “Àgora d’Atenes”
- Cebuano: “Agora (arkiyolohiyang dapit)”
- Cebuano: “Agora”
- Chinese: “古雅典阿哥拉”
- Czech: “Agorá”
- Czech: “athénská Agora”
- Dutch: “Agora van Athene”
- Esperanto: “Antikva Agoro de Ateno”
- Finnish: “Agora”
- Finnish: “Ateenan agora”
- Finnish: “Ateenan Agora”
- French: “Agora d’Athenes”
- French: “Agora d’Athènes”
- Galician: “Ágora de Atenas”
- German: “Agora”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Αγορά Αθηνών - Άρειος Πάγος”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Αγορά της Αθήνας”
- Greek: “Αρχαία Αγορά, Αθήνα”
- Hebrew: “האגורה של אתונה”
- Hebrew: “האגורה”
- Italian: “Agorà di Atene”
- Japanese: “アテナイのアゴラ”
- Korean: “아테네의 아고라”
- Latin: “Agora Athenarum”
- Latin: “Forum antiquum Athenarum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens agora”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athens agorá”
- Norwegian: “Athens agora”
- Persian: “آگورای باستانی آتن”
- Polish: “Agora ateńska”
- Portuguese: “Ágora atenas”
- Portuguese: “Ágora Atenas”
- Portuguese: “Ágora ateniense”
- Portuguese: “Ágora de atenas”
- Portuguese: “Ágora de Atenas”
- Russian: “Афинская агора”
- Russian: “Афинская Агора”
- Serbian: “Атинска Агора”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Drevna agora Atene”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Drevna Agora Atene”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Drevna agora Atine”
- Slovenian: “Agora”
- Slovenian: “Atenska agora”
- Spanish: “Agora de Atenas”
- Spanish: “Ágora de Atenas”
- Swedish: “Agora (fornlämning)”
- Swedish: “Agora”
- Turkish: “Atina Agorası”
- Ukrainian: “Агора (Афіни)”
- Ukrainian: “Афінська агора”
- Urdu: “ایتھنز کا قدیم آگورا”
- Western Panjabi: “ایتھنز دا قدیم آگورا”
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