Temple of Athena Nike

temple · 500 BC – 2100 AD

A temple dedicated to Athena Nike, on a bastion at the southwest end of the Acropolis of Athens. A sanctuary existed from the early 6th century BC, a small shrine was built in the mid-5th century, and the temple was built between 449 and 420 BCE. It was dismantled by the Ottomans in 1686 and reassembled between 1835 and 1844.

Temple of Athena Nike
Coordinates
37.97153, 23.72489
Also known as
Naós Athinás Níkis (el), Níkēs Aptérou naós (grc), Νίκης Ἀπτέρου ναός (grc), Ναός Αθηνάς Νίκης (el)
Dating
attested

Sources

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