Hadrian's Library
- Open today
- 8:30am to 3:30pm
- Price
- Under 18 free, adults €10
- Setting
- Outdoor
Ancient Greece for Kids in Athens, 10 of 14: Hadrian's Library



Emperor Hadrian built this library in AD 132: a walled rectangle with a Corinthian gateway on its west side, a courtyard ringed by columns, and reading and lecture halls.
The courtyard also holds the remains of churches later built on the ruins, including a 5th-century church with four apses. A marked path of beaten earth, suited to wheelchairs and strollers, runs in from the Dexippos Street entrance.