Ancient Agora of Athens

Agora means "market" in Greek, and the market in ancient Greece was not just a place where goods were bought and sold in general, but also had political, economic and cultural significance. The marketplaces are the world of housewives today, but in ancient Greece only men could enter and exit it, and the great philosopher Socrates was speaking politics and debating truth in ancient markets and the masses.

The Ancient Market Museum is located in the ancient market at the foot of the Acropolis, displaying many pottery and sculptures. The Artalos Colonnade is very beautiful. There is also the most well-preserved temple in the ancient city, the Hephaestus temple, which shows the complete structure of the temple. It is very difficult to preserve it up to now.

Ancient agora of Athens opposite the Acropolis is also a worth visiting monument 🏛️. Ancient Agora was originally a place for business, gatherings and residential gatherings. There are not many restoration projects on the site, and it feels like a ruin for tourists. It will be difficult to imagine the glory of the past. However, two of the buildings are well preserved, including Temple of Hephaestus and Stoa of Attalos. Stoa of Attalos was built in the 2nd century BC, and the colonnade 2 was formerly a store. Rebuilt in 1953 and is now used as a museum. The museum's collection includes clay, bronze and glass products, sculptures, coins from the 7th to 5th centuries BC, and pottery from the Byzantine and Turkish occupation periods. Some reconstruction illustrations on the first floor, with Greek and English explanations, can let visitors learn more about the history of the site. Some paintings show the private and public life of ancient Athens. In addition to these two buildings, there are quite complete statues, including the torso of Roman Emperor Hadrian and the pillars carved in over 100 hours. The whole site is quite visible, and I stayed here for more than an hour. During the period, a large turtle and a kitten shuttled in Temple of Hephaestus also encountered 🐈.

The ancient market itself is now a piece of ruins, but the prosperity and brilliance of the ancient market can be seen from the architectural foundation and some components left behind. The Ancient Athens Fair was the activity center of Athens, and it was the focus of administrative, commercial, political and social activities.

You can see this museum when you visit the Atarros colonnade, which is a very Greek building and has been completely restored. The artifacts displayed in the museum are all broken walls and remnants, but they are also very beautiful.

The museum is located in the restored Atarros colonnade, a very typical Greek building, and the museum displays various artifacts unearthed at the ancient market, of which pottery and pottery used for voting at the time are worth seeing.