- The purpose of the Parthenon has changed over its 2,500-year history, beginning as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena the Virgin”).
- Despite the fact that the Parthenon is known for its perfection there are actually very few lines and angles that are indeed perfect.
- The Acropolis of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece is dedicated to the Goddess Athena and was built in 447 BCE by Pericles, Ictinus and Callicrates.
- The Parthenon is a Doric peripteral temple, which means that it consists of a rectangular floor plan with a series of low steps on every side, and a colonnade (8 x...
- The magnificent temple on the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Parthenon, was built between 447 and 432 BCE in the Age of Pericles...
- ...önce, bu alana çeşitli kültürel yapılar inşa edildi, ancak bu güne kadar hiçbiri hayatta kalmadı ve yalnızca Partenon, kısmen de olsa, tepenin tepesinde duruyor.
- The Parthenon is a marble temple built atop the Acropolis in Athens during the classical age of ancient Greece.
- Atina denildiğinde hemen herkesin gözünde canlanan, sütunlar üzerinde duran ve frizlerle süslenmiş bir alınlık görüntüsü Parthenon’dur.
- In 334 BC Alexander the Great dedicated gilded shields on the Parthenon, after his victory at Granicus, against the Persians.
- A few decades after the taking of Athens by the Turks in 1460, the Parthenon was changed into a mosque and the stairway became a minaret.