Temple of Athena Alea
The Temple of Athena Alea was a sanctuary at Tegea in Ancient Greece, dedicated to Athena under the epithet Athena Alea; a syncretization between the Olympian goddess Athena and the local deity Alea.Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Gregor Hagedorn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: ancient temple in Greece
- Also known as: “Temple of Athena Alea (Tegea)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Archaeological Museum of Tegea and Tegea.
Archaeological Museum of Tegea
Museum
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The Archaeological Museum of Tegea is a museum in Tegea, Arcadia, Greece. Archaeological Museum of Tegea is situated 160 metres south of Temple of Athena Alea.
Tegea
Archaeological site
Photo: Gregor Hagedorn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tegea was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area of 118.350 km2. Tegea is situated 1¼ km northeast of Temple of Athena Alea.
Episkopi church at Tegea
Church
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Episkopi church at Tegea is situated 1¼ km northeast of Temple of Athena Alea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tegea and Kerasitsa.
Temple of Athena Alea
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient Greek temple, temple, building, and historic site
- Location: Tripoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.45548° or 37° 27′ 20″ northLongitude
22.4204° or 22° 25′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8G94FC4C+55OpenStreetMap ID
way 318196910OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q3983230
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Temple of Athena Alea” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Temple d’Atena Àlea”
- Czech: “Chrám Athény Alea”
- Czech: “Crám Athény Alea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد اثينا”
- Finnish: “Athene Alean temppeli”
- French: “temple d’Athéna Aléa”
- French: “Temple d’Athéna Aléa”
- Galician: “Templo de Atenea Alea en Texea”
- Greek: “Αρχαίος Ναός Αλέας Αθηνάς”
- Greek: “Ιερό Αλέας Αθηνάς Τεγέας”
- Greek: “Ναός της Αλέας Αθηνάς”
- Italian: “Tempio di Atena Alea”
- Italian: “Tempio di Atena Aleia”
- Japanese: “アテナ・アレア神殿”
- Latvian: “Atēnas Aleas templis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athena Alea-tempelet”
- Norwegian: “Athena Alea-tempelet”
- Polish: “Świątynia Ateny Alea w Tegei”
- Russian: “Храм Афины Алеи”
- Spanish: “Templo de Atenea Alea”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Agora of Tegea and Άγιος Νικόλαος.
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