AGORA
HISTORY
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The Greek term “agora” has multiple meanings, all of them linked to a space in which common activities are carried out: agora means gathering place, assembly; it was the place where the...
EPONYMOUS HEROES
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The “Monument of the Eponymous Heroes” was built in honor of the ten heroes who, legend has it, gave their names to the ten tribes that once lived in Attica, the region Athens is part of....
TEMPLE OF HEPHAESTUS
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What you can see before you is the magnificent Temple of Hephaestus. Not much imagination is required here because the temple is almost perfectly conserved: it was turned into a church and survived...
STOA OF ATTALOS II
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The famous Stoa of Attalos II, the enormously striking colonnaded edifice that closes off the Agora, was built between 159 and 148 BC by King Attalos II of Pergamon as a gift to the city where he was...
