Athens - Asklepieion 
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On a narrow terrace above the Stoa of Eumenes, directly under the steep south face of the Acropolis, is the Asklepieion, the sanctuary of the healing god Asklepios, whose cult - initiated largely by Sophocles - was brought to Athens from Epidauros in 420 B.C. The sanctuary is centerd on two sacred springs.
The earliest part of the sanctuary lay at the western end of the precinct, where there are the foundations of a stoa and a small temple.
The earliest part of the sanctuary lay at the western end of the precinct, where there are the foundations of a stoa and a small temple.
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The buildings in the eastern part of the precinct were erected about 350 B.C. Immediately under the Acropolis rock, here hewn into a vertical face, is a stoa 50m/165ft long, originally two- storyed, designed to accommodate the sick who came here to seek a cure.
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Address:
Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athéna , Greece
Hours:
June 1 to October 31: 8am-7:30pm
November 1 to May 31: 8:30am-3pm; Closed: Mon
Transit: Bus: 230 from Dion.
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