Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania

shrine · 30 BC – 2099 AD

A sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania ("Heavenly") in Athens, on the Panathenaic Way as it entered the Athenian Agora. It consisted of an altar built around 500 BC and a temple built in the early first century AD. The Late Roman Stoa was built over the top of it in the fifth century AD.

Coordinates

37.97640, 23.72264

Also known as

Altar and sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania (en), Altar and sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania (en), hieròn Aphrodítēs Ouranías, hieron Aphrodites Ouranias (grc), ἱερὸν Ἀφροδίτης Οὐρανίας (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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