The Temple of Hephaestus | Athens, Greece

[crossbowman]

Temple of Hephaestus in central Athens, Greece, is the best-preserved ancient Greek temple in the world, but is far less well-known than its illustrious neighbour, the Parthenon. The temple is also known as the Hephaesteum or Hephaesteion. It is sometimes called the Theseion (Greek: Θησείο, thisio), due to a belief current in Byzantine times that the bones of the legendary Greek hero Theseus were buried there; in fact the bones alleged to be those of Theseus were buried in the 5th century BC at another site nearer to the Acropolis.
It was built in about 449 BC on what was then the western edge of the city of Athens, in a district which contained many foundries and metalwork shops. It was therefore dedicated to Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths and metallurgy. It was designed by Ictinus, one of the architects who worked on the Parthenon. It stands on a slight rise and in ancient times commanded a fine view of the Agora.
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[crossbowman]

You can also take the "virtual" tour at
http://www.virtualbritain.org/movies/Thiseion_FS.html

Almost as nice as being there...nuh :hahaha:

*You'll need the QuickTime™ plug-in*
By the way my vote is 9,5/10
My 10 went to the Parthenon :)

[forvine]

9/10

[Mosaic]

8/10

[Nadini]

Beautiful temple!!! I love it

[Peloso]

9/10
Great, and in astonishingly good conditions.

[ZimasterX]

8.5/10

[Valia]

10/10

i'm a fan ot this type of architecture

[persian]

10/10 Ancient masterpiece

[liluchi]

great!

[Arpels]

10/10

[Rapid]

breathtaking architecture

[sharpie20]

9/10 Very beautiful

[virarch]

8 - 8.5/10

magnificent

[Stiggen]

8,5/10

[clarky]

9.5/10

[crossbowman]

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[Fly Pan Am]

The God of the Forge

For having well preserved Ancient Greek Doric columns I will vote for 9.5

[LordMarshall]

9/10

[Mali]

9/10

[Mosaic]

8/10

[Bitxofo]

9/10
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[Dreamlıneя]

10 ;)

[skipperBill]

9/10.

[Cabman]

I see this building in many other buildings to this day. 10/10 This is the first 10 I have ever given that is how important to architecture this is.

[Pelha]

9/10

[DamienK]

9/10

[gutooo]

9.5/10

[delmaule]

9/10

[SactoSpam]

A neat historical artifact. 9/10

[Giorgio]

So well preserved.
And it IS the best preserved piece of Greek Architecture so why should it get less than 10?

[Kelsen]

8.5/10.

[(((myx)))]

10. astonishing!

[[Jmlr]]

6/10

[W!CKED]

10/10

[AM Putra]

Elegant. 10/10

[ALKUN]

just beautiful 9/10

[marpa]

9,5/10

[Online]

9.5

[Popiel]

9,5

[SEED]

8.5 cute building! if only the parthenon can be as well preserve as this baby.. one thing bout ancient greek architecture.. the exterior are more important than the interior.. lack of space..

[Skoulikimou]

simply stunning
9,5/10

[LMCA1990]

10/10

[Gregor]

9/10

[Fundador]

9/10:)

[ZZ-II]

10/10 :okay:

[JC]

9.5/10

[Nikkodemo]

:eek:

9/10

[Astralis]

You've seen one temple, you've seen them all... 5/10

[Ballota]

8/10 :okay:

[systema magicum]

More than ten...It is just perfect.Universal beauty and harmony expressed in form...

[Arpels]

i am back to see this beauty :drool:

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

6.5/10

[baracuda79]

10! :)

[stasiua]

9/10