赫菲斯托斯神庙

在柱廊旁的山上，是保存最完整的赫菲斯托斯神庙（TEMPLE of HEPHAESTUS），看起来比满目疮痍的帕台农神庙（巴特农神庙）好多了。

Hephaistion建于公元前449年，这里的成排的多利安式柱及雕刻大致保存良好，是祭祀工艺之神赫菲斯塔斯的神庙。位于卫城山脚下的古阿哥拉，希腊文是“市集”的意思，在古希腊时期，市集除了有商业功能之外，还有政治、宗教、文化的功能。Hephaistion建于公元前449年，这里的成排的多利安式柱及雕刻大致保存良好，是祭祀工艺之神赫菲斯塔斯的神庙。阿格利帕音乐厅建于公元前15年，这座两层楼建筑里可容纳1000名观众，曾是这里最大的建筑。

The carvings/friezes have such wonderful detail. It was nice to see and walk closely to a virtually intact structure of this sort...one can only imagine the grandeur of the Temple of Olympian Zeus or the Parthenon if they were still intact. The surrounding foliage adds to the delightful experience of discovering ancient Greece.

This temple is visible from the Acropolis, but must be visited as there is so much more to see close up. The whole park gives a good idea of the ancient city of Athens. Then backing this impression up is the reconstruction of the ancient city. Get there early in the day as it closes very (too) early at 15:00

The temple is in the same grounds as the Ancient Agora and this was an absolute highlight. Don't think that because you've visited the Parthenon there's no point in visiting another ancient temple. Even though the scale is much smaller, the atmosphere is completely different (many less tourists and set in beautiful park-like surroundings) and the temple itself is better preserved. It's one of the 7 historical sites covered by the same €12 ticket, all with dual Greek/English information boards helpfully scattered around. It's also just off the many, many restaurants of Monastiraki if you get hungry and with the Metro in easy reach for transport. Well worth the visit.

It is a well preserved temple, quite picturesque. Something that you should make time to see. Although you can't enter the temple, you can walk around it and see how well it was made.

Visit the Agora and walk the streets of the Ancient Philosophers Socrates and Plato, head up the hill to Hephaestus' Temple one of the best preserved buildings from the Ancient times.

The temple is amazing and nicely preserved. Makes for a nice walk through the sight. It is in the Aoura portion of the sights. €12 get you into 7 sights

If you go to Agora then it is worthwhile to visit this best preserved temple in Athens dedicated tothe God of Fire Hephaestous .

The best preserved ancient greek temple and a marvel to visit. A wonderful location for a Sunday morning stroll

Great place to amble through. Fascinating with lovely views over Athens. Fabulous place to get a feel of how Athens was, and the Temple is amazing too, the fact it's still standing is amazing

The Greek agora is great for all types of visitor there are the remains of buildings, the reconstructed of an a building and then the complete temple of hephaestus which is remarkable. It allows you to imagine the grandeur of the rest of the site. Nestled among the modern city at the side of the acropolis I had a lovely time exploring the area. Good value as part of the €12 ticket for the main ancient sites of the city.

One of the best-preserved doric temples in all Greece. As you climb the hill in the Agora you see it rising up out of the trees. Truly beautiful. You can even still see some of the sculptures of the frieze.

The area involves walking a lot, and most people would just be happy visiting the Parthenon, but the temple of Hephaestus might be worth it only because it is much better preserved than most others.

This was one of the most striking of the ancient sites. From the hillside above it looks almost like a new building; it is so pristine and well maintained. The entire gounds of Agora and the temple are refreshing after visitng the Acropolis as they are less crowded and you can really appreciate the beutfy of the place.