Hadrian's Library

Why go

Hadrian's Library is the archaeological site of a Roman library complex that Hellenic Heritage says was inaugurated around AD 132, a rectangular structure with a Corinthian propylon and, on its eastern side, the book depository, reading rooms and lecture halls. The same page says only the northern wing survives, the southern one having been destroyed. Greece's national tourism organisation places it next to the Roman Agora and says parts of it were later used as a church, an administrative building and a mosque. It is not Hadrian's Arch. The official ticket store, tickets.hh.gr, says entry is timed, a ticket may be changed up to two hours before the visit and tickets are not refundable; Hellenic Heritage gives the address as 3 Areos Street.