South Part of the Ancient Agora

During excavations conducted from 1984 until 1988 on the state-owned plot of land, part of the east wing of the monumental agora complex was brought to light together with the temple of the Attalids. The temple, aligned North-South, is dated to the first half of the 2nd c. BC and was in use until the Roman imperial period, when large-scale remodelling was carried out. From the Hellenistic temple only the foundation of the stepped podium is preserved, built of ignimbrite rock, along with sporadic parts from its facade of hard grey limestone. Although no architectural parts have been found, it is reconstructed by scholars as a distyle in-antis temple of Ionic order or a tetrastyle prostyle temple of Doric order. As part of the extensive remodelling of the agora in the 2nd c. AD, the south end of the west stoa was occupied by a complex with a colonnaded atrium of monumental dimensions, of which the southeast part was unearthed. During the earthquake of the 21st July 2017 the archaeological site suffered severe damages which have not been restored to this day.