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Temple of Hephaestus In Athens

Hephaestus in Athens

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About Hephaestus in Athens

The temple of Hephaestus earlier known as Theseion is a temple dedicated to Hephaestus, the god of fire, sculptors, metallurgy, blacksmith, craftsmen and everything encompassing creation and art in Greek mythology. The temple was earlier attributed to Athenian hero Theseus, but later the inscriptions in the temple confirmed the temple to be of Hephaestus. As is with the majority of temples in Athens, the previous sanctuary on the site was burned down by the Persians, and the current temple is one of the many temples the Greek built.

Commissioned by Pericles, the construction started in 449 BC and completed in 416-415 BC. The temple is built from marble supplied from the Mount Penteli, and Parian marble and the temple style is Doric peripteral. There is no one master architect suggested as such, but there is the presence of ‘The Hephaisteion Master’.  The temple is located at the north-west side of the Agora of Athens on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill.

In its 2 millennium history, the temple has been changed from a temple to a church and has been largely left preserved due to its continued use throughout the centuries for various purposes. The temple was an orthodox Christian church dedicated to Saint George Akamatsu from 7 century A.D to 1834, and the Ottoman king used the temple as a museum. The temple beside from being used as a worship place for god Hephaestus was also used to pray to goddess Athena Ergani. There were a number of workshops ranging from pottery to metal works in the vicinity of the temple which further added to the claim that the temple belonged to Hephaestus and not Theseus.

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    in future to the prospective customers on the validity of their travel dates as far as tour season in the destination is concerned. If the travel dates fall in low season period, the shops are 90% closed, the internal transfers/ mode of travel (e.g ferries in Greece for the travel between islands get shut down in the low season period). 4. Hope there exist efforts from Travel Triangle to get the partnered agents in one room and train them of certain policy aspects . I am confident the top mgmt at Travel Triangle is aware about this. There is increased trend in higher middle class for aportioning funds for international travel and more over distinctly pronounced trend ( at least in Mahatrashtra) to avoid travelling thru big tour-arranging companies where the cotravellers don't exactly wear compatible mind-sets. Such travellers need more design inputs while deciding on the travel period for a given location. Hope above feed back would be taken in right perspective . Thanks for your time Dr. Uday B Gokhale, 9820830461
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    Mumbai

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    Very good trip experience to Greece covering Athens, Mykonos and Santorini
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    Hyderabad

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    I am sooooooo happy with the Mauritius trip. Ms.Ishita 9f My Trav Plan took care of everything very smooooooothly. Her behavoiur is way too good. She is kind, generous & very understanding. She made the changes dat I required very patiently. I got one of my best trip. The hotel chosen for me, Veran
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    Bangalore

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    Took a week long family trip to Greece planned by Ishita and executed by Ishan from MTP vacations. Overall great experience. Pros: Ishita from sales side was quite flexible in tailoring our trip to Greece and accommodated most of my inputs towards locations, length of stay, hotels etc., Quote g
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    Delhi

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    Anu and Devansh it was so magical and Christmasy!! Thankyou both of you for choosing this time of the year. Great itinerary planned and great effort guys. Recommending lot of my colleagues and friends Anu.
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    Mumbai

    Jatin's 7 days trip to Athens

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    Who was the architect of the temple of Hephaestus?

    No architect is named in particular, and the temple is attributed without any firm evidence to ‘The Hephaisteion Master’.

    Are there any other sites of significance nearby?

    Yes, the temple is located in the Ancient Agora of Athens, and there are a number of monuments nearby.

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