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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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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Greek temple in Athens
  • Also known as: “Hephaestion temple”, “Hephaisteion”, “Hephaisteion temple”, “Temple of Hephaestus in Athens (Wikicommons)”, “Theseion”, “Thesseion”, and “Thissio”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parthenon and New Bouleuterion.

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The is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, Western civilization, and democracy. is situated 650 metres southeast of Temple of Hephaestus.

Ruins
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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.

Peak
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The was a principal council of ancient Athens, later serving mainly as a judicial body responsible for cases of homicide, wounding, and certain religious offenses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asteroskopeio and Thiseio.

Neighborhood
Photo: Dimboukas, Public domain.
, meaning 'observatory', is a neighborhood of the center of , . It is located between and Nymphon Hill. The neighbourhood named after the that was built in Nymphon Hill in 1842, thanks to the donation of wealthy Greek Georgios Sinas.

Neighborhood
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or Thissio is a traditional neighbourhood in the old city of , , northwest of the Acropolis, and surrounded by the archaeological sites of the Agora, Keramikos and .

Neighborhood
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Kerameikos also known by its Latinized form Ceramicus, is an area of , , located to the northwest of the Acropolis, which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the and by the banks of the Eridanos River.

Temple of Hephaestus

Latitude
37.9756° or 37° 58′ 32″ north
Longitude
23.72141° or 23° 43′ 17″ east
Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPGC+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27917370
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
8260617
Wiki­data ID
Q756824
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Temple of Hephaestus” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد هيفايستوس”
  • Arabic: “معبد هيفيستوس”
  • Arabic: “معبدهيفيستوس”
  • Armenian: “Հեփեստոսի տաճար”
  • Basque: “Hefestion”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Гефеста”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм на Хефест”
  • Catalan: “temple d’Hefest”
  • Catalan: “Temple d’Hefest”
  • Chinese: “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”
  • Czech: “Héfaisteion”
  • Czech: “Hefaistův chrám”
  • Czech: “Héfaistův chrám”
  • Czech: “Théseion”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Hephaistos”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Hefesto”
  • Finnish: “Hefaistoksen temppeli”
  • French: “Hephaisteion”
  • French: “Héphaïsteion”
  • French: “Héphaïstéion”
  • French: “Temple d’Héphaïstos”
  • French: “Théseion”
  • French: “Théséion”
  • Galician: “Templo de Hefesto”
  • German: “Hephaisteion”
  • German: “Tempel des Hephaistos”
  • German: “Theseion”
  • German: “Theseum”
  • Greek: “Άη Γιώργης ο Ακαμάτης”
  • Greek: “Ηφαιστείον”
  • Greek: “Θησείο”
  • Greek: “Θησείον”
  • Greek: “Ναός Ηφαίστου”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Ηφαίστου”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש הפייסטוס”
  • Hungarian: “Héphaiszteion”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Hefaistos”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Hephaestus dan Athena Ergane”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil hephaestus”
  • Italian: “Hephaisteion”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Efesto”
  • Italian: “Theseion”
  • Japanese: “ヘーパイストス神殿”
  • Korean: “헤파이스토스 신전”
  • Latin: “Hephaesti Templum”
  • Lithuanian: “Hefaisto šventykla”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hefaisteion”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Theseion”
  • Norwegian: “Hefaisteion”
  • Polish: “Hefajstejon”
  • Polish: “Hefajsteon”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Hefajstosa”
  • Polish: “Tezejon”
  • Polish: “Thesejon”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Hefesto”
  • Romanian: “Templul lui Hefaistos”
  • Russian: “Гефестейон”
  • Russian: “Храм Гефеста”
  • Serbian: “Хефестов храм”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hefestov hram”
  • Spanish: “Hefestion”
  • Spanish: “Hefestión”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Hefesto”
  • Swedish: “Hefaistos tempel i Aten”
  • Tamil: “எப்பெசுடசு கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “ஹெப்பஸ்தஸ் கோவில்”
  • Tamil: “ஹெப்பீஸ்தஸ் கோயில்”
  • Turkish: “Hefaistos Tapınağı”
  • Turkish: “Hephaistos Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Тесейон”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Гефеста”
  • Urdu: “ہیفیستوس کا مندر”
  • Welsh: “Hephaisteion”
  • Welsh: “Teml Hephaestus”
  • Welsh: “Teml Hephaistos”

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