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Best temples in Athens

7 places from 5 Athens travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

7 places

  1. Parthenon

    Temple · Acropolis

    5th-century BC Doric temple dedicated to Athena, perhaps the finest temple of the ancient world and still under ongoing restoration.

    1:54· Rick Steves' Europein 5 vlogs

  2. Temple of Hephaestus

    Temple · Thiseio

    One of the best-preserved Greek temples, a Doric temple from about 400 BC that once housed bronze statues of Hephaestus and Athena.

    4:33· Rick Steves' Europein 4 vlogs

  3. Temple of Olympian Zeus

    Temple · Plaka

    Once the largest temple in ancient Greece. It took from the 6th century BC to the 2nd century AD to finish, and some of its original columns still stand.

    3:12· Travelmojiin 4 vlogs

  4. Erechtheion

    Temple · Acropolis

    Temple next to the Parthenon, dedicated to Athena and Poseidon and famous for its Porch of the Caryatids, six maidens serving as columns.

    2:52· Rick Steves' Europein 2 vlogs

  5. Temple of Athena Nike

    Temple · Acropolis

    Small temple on the Acropolis dedicated to Athena Nike.

    1:24· Island Hopper TVin 2 vlogs

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2 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Church of the Metamorphosis of the Saviour

    Temple · Plaka

    One of the most popular small churches in Plaka.

    4:25· Travelmoji1 vlog

  2. Church of Panagia Kapnikarea

    Temple · Monastiraki

    Popular Byzantine church in the old town of Athens.

    4:25· Travelmoji1 vlog