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Temple of HephaestusPhoto album "Views of Athens, Constantinople, Egypt and Algeria in 1870-1890" A fence has not yet been built (1870). Temple of Hephaestus or Hephaestion (Greek Ναός Ηφαίστου) on the north-western side of the Athenian agora - in the best way Temple of Athens, preserved from antiquity. The temple of the Doric order was built in the period 449-415 BC. e. and was dedicated to the god Hephaestus. An architect, but it seems that he is the same architect who built the temple on Cape Sounion and the temple of Ares on the Agora. From the 7th century until 1834, the temple of Hephaestus was used as the Orthodox Church of St. George (Greek Ἀγιος Γεώργιος Ακαμάτης), due to which it is preserved, then it was declared a national monument. After Greece gained independence, King Otton ordered the exposition of the central archaeological museum to be placed in the temple. The museum left the temple in 1874