The Temple of Zeus

This is the Temple of Zeus. It was built during the rule of Hadrian a Roman. Hadrian called it the temple of Jupiter (the Romans name for Zeus). There were over 100 columns when it was first built. There are only 16 columns remaining. The marble columns have been pillaged over the decades. Many churches and homes have pieces of Zeus’s temple in them. The site is now protected and untouchable by viewers.

This is a view of the temple from atop the Acropolis.

This column fell after one of many earthquakes that take place in Greece.

This is the arch that Hadrian had built so he could walk under it to name and bless the temple he had built in Zeus’s honor. There is a beautiful garden like park built around this site and it is blocks away from the center of the city of Athens.