Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens is an attractive sightseeing place for those, who are coming to spend their vacation in Athens. Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, which was constructed in the 5th century BC on the Athens Acropolis. It is the most significant existing building of Classical Greece, usually regarded as the peak of the growth of the Doric order. Its ornamental statues are believed to be one of the high points of Greek art. Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens is considered as a permanent mark of primeval Greece and of Athenian equality. This is one of the greatest cultural monuments of the earth.
Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens was replaced in the older temple of Athena. This temple was called the Pre-Parthenon or Older Parthenon, which was destroyed in the Persian incursion of 480 BC. As the other Greek temples, Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens was utilized as a reserve and for some time, this served as the treasury of the Delian League. In the 6th century AD, Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens was transformed into a Christian church devoted to the Virgin. After the Ottoman conquest, it was changed into a mosque during early 1460s. In the year1806, Thomas Bruce had removed some of the existing sculptures. These sculptures, which are known as the Elgin or Parthenon Marbles, were traded in the year 1816 to the British Museum in London.
The first attempt was to build a sanctuary for Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens on the place of the recent Parthenon. The building of Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens was substituted a hekatompedon and would have come along the archaic temple, which was devoted to Athena Polias. Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens, an octo-style and peripheral Doric temple has some architectural featuring like the chryselephantine figure of Athena Parthenos. This was sculpted by Phidias and was dedicated during 439 and 438 BC. The decorative stonework of Parthenon (Parthenonas), Athens was initially highly colored. The sculptural decoration of the Doric me topes on the wall painting above the exterior porch and of the Ionic frieze along the upper part of the walls of the cella are worth a mention.
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