Parthenon,illustration. The Parthenon was built in the hill-top citadel of the Acropolis in Athens,Greece,from 447-438 BC. It is a Doric temple dedicated to the Ancient Greek goddess of wisdom,Athena (statue of Athena Parthenos inside the temple,holding Victory,a shield and spear; with the serpent Erichthonius). Eight columns by seventeen,the building was 70 by 30 metres and 14 metres tall. The roof had overlapping marble tiles. In turn a Christian church and a Turkish mosque,it was finally used as a gunpowder store before being reduced to ruins when the Venetians bombarded the Acropolis in 1687. Doric refers to the architectural style of the columns | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / JOSE ANTONIO PEÑAS |
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