Altar of the Twelve Gods

shrine · 550 BC – 2099 AD

A rectangular peribolos with an altar in the centre, built in 522/1 BC, destroyed in the Persian Sack of 480/79 BC, and rebuilt in the late 5th century BC. It was the central milestone from which distances in Attica were measured. The remains are now mostly underneath the Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway.

Altar of the Twelve Gods
Coordinates
37.97579, 23.72276
Also known as
tōn dṓdeka theōn bōmòn, ton dodeka theon bomon (grc), τῶν δώδεκα θεῶν βωμὸν (grc)
Dating
attested

Sources

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