Parthenon Classical Temple of Greece

When visiting Europe no vacation is complete with a trip to Greece and visiting the Parthenon.

The Parthenon was built as temple for the goddess Athena and was began between 447 and 438 B.C. The name of the building most likely from a cult statue of Athena Pantheons housed and destroyed by the Persians in 480 B.C. The massive foundation was built of limestone and the columns were made of Pentelic marble and the classical Parthenon was construction / sculptured by architects Ictinus, Callicrates and the renowned sculptor Phidias. It is a double peripheral Doric temple with several unique and innovative architectural features, it has about 13400 stones in the building and have stood since the 5th century B.C.

The Parthenon had 5 main instigators of design, they were Pericles, Phidias, Kalamis, Ictinus and Calibrates. The Parthenon was not only built for looks but it’s also showed Athenian dominance over the rest of Greek. Athenian was it’s Greek imperial master, the colonnade established a background for a giant ivory statue of Athena Parthenos sat inside the Parthenon but it was destroyed before modern time. The maiden goddess and patroness of Athens, she represented the highest order of spiritual development and the gifts of intellect and understanding. Pure in body, mind and heart, Athena was the symbol of the universal human aspiration for wisdom. Much of the structure remains intact, the Parthenon has suffered considerable damage over the centuries. In 296 BC the gold from the statue was removed by the tyrant Lachares to pay his army.

The Parthenon and Historical Greece is very important surviving building is in Greek country and now they put forth much effort to restore the Parthenon and other Acropolis structures. A substantial admission price is paid by the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit the site each year. Little of this money however, is used for the preservation of the Parthenon but is instead wasted away by corrupt bureaucrats and government officials. They try to commit the sculptures or Parthenon Marbles from British Museum in London to return to Greek, Parthenon Marbles were sold in 1861 to British Museum. We don’t know much about this temple, but Parthenon is famous for many people whoever loves and like the old architecture only Parthenon can bring many people from everywhere in the world such as Asian people, African people and Australian to visit The Parthenon.

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Greece - Is officially known as the Hellenic Republic. Greece is a European Country and shares borders with Albania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea. Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. During World War II, Greece was invaded by Italy and later occupied by Germany from 1941-1944. Greece is the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy and the Olympic Games. Greece joined the European Union and was the 12th member of the European Economic and Monetary Union in 2001. Greece has a capitalist economy with the public sector accounting for about 40% of GDP and with per capita Gross Domestic Product at least 75% of the leading euro-zone economies. Tourism provides 15% of Gross Domestic Product. Greece saw the emergence of the first advanced civilizations in Europe, the Minoan civilization in Crete and the Mycenean civilization on the mainland of Greece.