Sanctuary of Pandion

The Sanctuary of Pandion is an open-air walled sanctuary in the southeast corner of the Acropolis of Athens, measuring 40 by 17.5 metres, built around 450 BC during the Periclean building program. The rectangular structure was divided into two nearly equal sections by a wall, with a projecting portico on the western side. It is identified as the heroon (hero shrine) of Pandion, the eponymous hero of the Attic tribe Pandionis. The 2nd-century AD traveller Pausanias recorded visiting the sanctuary and seeing a statue of Pandion there. Its foundations were unearthed during excavations for the Acropolis museum construction.