Athens - Library of Hadrian

Must-see attractions nearby: Acropolis Theatre of Dionysos Agora Acropolis Museum Odeion of Herodes Atticus Old Parliament / National Historical Museum Asklepieion

It faces onto Areos Street, which runs south from Monastiráki Square past the old Sindrivani Mosque (now housing the Museum of Ceramics).

The modern entrance to the site is at the east end, in Eólou Street.

The central room in the east range of buildings, much of which is still standing, was the actual library, and the niches in which the book rolls were kept can still be recognized.

The building as a whole was not designed, like the Roman Agora, for business purposes, and the spacious courtyard was laid out as a garden, with a pool in the middle. The columns and other architectural fragments now to be seen in the courtyard came from the Megáli Panayía church, which was built in the fifth C. on the site of the original pool.