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 draws a parallel to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche, where ruins were integrated into a new structure as a relic and symbol. Ferrari cites testimony from the Praxiergidae decree of 460/50, which states that a stele should be placed "behind the ancient temple," suggesting that the damaged building served as a place for cult images before the construction of the Erechtheion. Ferrari contends that Pericles' reconstruction of the Acropolis must have centered around the scarred structure and surrounded it with reconstructions of buildings destroyed in the sack.