Temple of Mars

The Temple of Ares was a Doric hexastyle peripteral temple dedicated to Ares, located in the northern part of the Ancient Agora of Athens. Fragments from the temple found throughout the Agora enable a full, if tentative, reconstruction of the temple's appearance and sculptural programme.
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  • Ruins
  • …is also known as “Temple of Ares”
  • Description: temple in the ancient agora of Athens

Places of Interest Nearby

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The is a former temple on the… is situated 560 metres southeast of Temple of Mars.
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Archaeological site
The was a large odeon located in the centre of the ancient Agora of Athens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monastiraki and Asteroskopeio.
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Neighborhood
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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 Mars

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Latitude
37.97553° or 37° 58′ 32″ north
Longitude
23.72275° or 23° 43′ 22″ east
Open location code
8G95XPGF+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 145662898
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2405583

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tagalog—“Temple of Mars” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد المريخ”
  • Basque: “Aresen Tenplua”
  • Catalan: “Temple d’Ares”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Ares”
  • Finnish: “Areen temppeli”
  • French: “Temple d’Arès”
  • German: “Tempel des Mars”
  • Greek: “Ναός τού Άρη”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Ares”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Marte”
  • Japanese: “アレース神殿”
  • Japanese: “アレスの神殿”
  • Pampanga: “Templu nang Ares”
  • Pampanga: “Templu ning Ares”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Ares”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Marte”
  • Swedish: “Ares tempel i Aten”
  • Tagalog: “Templo ng Ares”
  • Tagalog: “Templo ni Ares”

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