Ferrari makes the analogy with the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, where the ruins were incorporated into the fabric of a new building as relic and symbol. Ferrari cites the testimony given by the decree of the Praxiergidae of 460/50, containing the provision that a stele be set up "behind the ancient temple" implying that the ruined building continued to function as a home for the cult image before the construction of the Erechtheion. Ferrari argues, the Periclean reconstruction of the Acropolis must have made the scarred building its core and framed it with reconstructions of buildings damaged in the sack.
Ferrari compares the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche to a new building incorporating ruins as relics and symbols. Ferrari references a decree from 460/50 by the Praxiergidae, which mentions setting up a stele "behind the ancient temple," indicating that the damaged structure functioned as a place for cult images before the Erechtheion was built. Ferrari argues that Pericles' reconstruction of the Acropolis placed the scarred building at its center and surrounded it with reconstructions of buildings destroyed in the sack.