The Ancient Agora of Athens was essentially a multi-function public space, providing for administrative, political, chimerical, religious and social activities.
Agii Apostoli, one of the oldest Christian church in the area.
Some nice bits and pieces.
The Stoa of Attalos. The building that we see now is reconstructed entirely out of Pentelic marble and limestone in the 1940s.
The colonnade was very beautiful. It offers a lot of photo opportunities.
Like this:
There are a number of marble statues in the colonnades. I love the details on this one.
An excavated piece in the Ancient Agora museum. Guess what it is used for? (answer at the bottom of the post)
The Temple of Hephaestus, who is the god of blacksmiths. The building is sometimes called 'Theseion'.
The Theseion is the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world: all its columns and pediments intact. Even most of its original remained.
However, the friezes and decorations have been badly damaged by looters though.
One of the walls of the temple. I didn't know the temples had walls!
Another nicely decorated piece
The use of the Ancient Agora Museum item:
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