Temple of Hephaestus

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.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 metres (210 feet)
  • …is not wheelchair accessible
  • Description: ancient Greek temple in Athens
  • Also known as
    “Hephaestion temple”
    “Hephaisteion”
    “Hephaisteion temple”
    “Temple of Hephaestus in Athens (Wikicommons)”
    “Theseion”
    “Thesseion”
    “Thissio”

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Neighborhood
, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of , .
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Neighborhood
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Temple of Hephaestus

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Latitude
37.9756° or 37° 58′ 32″ north
Longitude
23.72141° or 23° 43′ 17″ east
Open location code
8G95XPGC+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27917370
Open­Street­Map feature
building = yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic = ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
Geo­Names ID
8260617
Wiki­data ID
Q756824

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Temple of Hephaestus” goes by many names.
معبد هيفايستوسArabic
معبد هيفيستوسArabic
Հեփեստոսի տաճարArmenian
HefestionBasque
Храм ГефестаBelarusian
Храм на ХефестBulgarian
Temple d’HefestCatalan
赫淮斯托斯神庙Chinese
赫淮斯托斯神廟Chinese
赫菲斯托斯神庙(火神廟)Chinese
赫菲斯托斯神廟Chinese
HéfaisteionCzech
Héfaistův chrámCzech
ThéseionCzech
Tempel van HephaistosDutch
Templo de HefestoEsperanto
Hefaistoksen temppeliFinnish
HéphaïstéionFrench
Temple d’HéphaïstosFrench
ThéséionFrench
Templo de HefestoGalician
HephaisteionGerman
Tempel des HephaistosGerman
TheseionGerman
TheseumGerman
Άη Γιώργης ο ΑκαμάτηςGreek
ΗφαιστείονGreek
ΘησείοGreek
ΘησείονGreek
Ναός ΗφαίστουGreek
Ναός του ΗφαίστουGreek
מקדש הפייסטוסHebrew
HéphaiszteionHungarian
Kuil HefaistosIndonesian
Kuil hephaestusIndonesian
Kuil Hephaestus dan Athena ErganeIndonesian
HephaisteionItalian
Tempio di EfestoItalian
TheseionItalian
ヘーパイストス神殿Japanese
헤파이스토스 신전Korean
Hephaesti TemplumLatin
Hefaisto šventyklaLithuanian
HefaisteionNorwegian
HefaisteionNorwegian Bokmål
TheseionNorwegian Bokmål
معبد هفائستوسPersian
HefajstejonPolish
HefajsteonPolish
Świątynia HefajstosaPolish
TezejonPolish
ThesejonPolish
Templo de HefestoPortuguese
Templul lui HefaistosRomanian
ГефестейонRussian
Храм ГефестаRussian
Хефестов храмSerbian
Hefestov hramSerbo-Croatian
HefestiónSpanish
Templo de HefestoSpanish
Hefaistos tempel i AtenSwedish
எப்பெசுடசு கோயில்Tamil
ஹெப்பஸ்தஸ் கோவில்Tamil
ஹெப்பீஸ்தஸ் கோயில்Tamil
Hefaistos TapınağıTurkish
Hephaistos TapınağıTurkish
ТесейонUkrainian
Храм ГефестаUkrainian
ہیفیستوس کا مندرUrdu
HephaisteionWelsh
Teml HephaestusWelsh
Teml HephaistosWelsh

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