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The Ancient Agora: Discover the social center of ancient Athens!

Ruins on the ancient market place Agora Temple of Hephaestus Temple of Hephaestus in the evening

Highlights

  • Your ticket for the Ancient Agora is already included in your Athens City Pass.
  • No advance booking is required for this attraction.
  • With your Athens City Pass you will receive the "Acropolis Combined Ticket" which is your admission ticket to the Ancient Agora.
  • As a meeting place for the polis, the free citizens of Attica, the Agora has a special significance for the development of Attic democracy.
  • There are temples on the site – such as the Temple of Hephaestus – as well as the remains of several colonnades, administrative buildings and fountains.
  • From the Agora you have a fantastic view of the Acropolis.
  • The museum in the Stoa of Attalos displays many artefacts that were found here on the Agora during excavations.

Explore the centre of the polis – the meeting place of free citizens

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The ancient Agora was the political, commercial and social centre of ancient Athens and was also built on from the 5th century BC. After the destruction of the Agora by the Persians in 479/480 BC, intensive reconstruction work was carried out. Numerous administrative, commercial and negotiation buildings were erected on this public square.

Today, in addition to the well-preserved Hephaisteion, we find the Stoa Poikile and other columned halls, the temples of Ares and Apollo, the mint and many other buildings and places of worship that have been preserved as ruins. The Stoa of Attalos has been reconstructed and houses a museum with artefacts found on the site of the ancient agora. 

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Address:
Adrianou 24
10555 Athens
Greece 

Good to know

  • Opening hours
    April – October: 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
    November – March: 8.30 am to 5.00 pm 
  • Children/young people up to the age of 17 from EU member states are generally admitted free of charge. Please ask the ticket office to issue a free ticket for each child. 
  • The admission ticket for children/young people up to the age of 17 from non-EU countries is already included in the Athens City Pass if you have booked the "Acropolis Combined Ticket". 

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