classicalmonuments: Temple of AphroditeThessaloniki6th century BCE It was originally built to
classicalmonuments: Temple of Aphrodite Thessaloniki 6th century BCE It was originally built to honor the Greek goddess Aphrodite (Venus), the goddess of love, in Aineia and it was later moved during Roman times in the square of the Sacreds in Thessaloniki, west from the ancient commercial center (Agora). There it has since remained, an example of the Ionic style of architecture that was a trademark of ancient Greece during the 6th – 5th centuries BCE. -- source link