The Temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis of Athens was designed by Kallikrates. The article names no client. It dates the temple to after the Persian destruction of 480 to 479 BC, with work underway by 449 BC and finished around 420 BC. The page has no infobox.
The article calls it a tetrastyle, amphiprostyle Ionic temple of white Pentelic marble. It is about 26 feet (8 m) long, 18 feet (5.5 m) wide and 23 feet (7 m) tall. The central akroteria were bronze with gold foil.
The Ottomans demolished the temple in 1686, though the article also says it was dismantled sometime after 1687. It was reconstructed in 1834 to 1836, taken apart in 1998 to replace the floor, and restored by 2010. Its frieze is in the Acropolis Museum. It is often closed during work, and the article gives no hours.
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