Parthenon (Nashville)
The Parthenon in the Centennial Park of Nashville , Tennessee is a detailed replica of the ancient Greek Parthenon temple in Athens .
It was created in 1897 for the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition as ephemeral exhibition architecture made of plaster of paris, wood and brick and, due to its great popularity, was rebuilt in durable materials - mainly concrete - from 1920 to 1931. In technical terms, this new building was largely accompanied by the archaeologist and Parthenon researcher William Bell Dinsmoor . Inside, in addition to an art museum with works from the 19th and 20th centuries, there has also been a replica of the statue of Athena Parthenos by Alan LeQuire since 1990 .
In summer, the Parthenon of the “Athens of the South” serves as a backdrop for open-air performances of works by Euripides and other ancient authors. The Parthenon is inscribed on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee. A scene from the film Percy Jackson - Thieves in Olympus was also shot there in 2010 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timeline as a Word document (from Office 2007) available for download at The Parthenon ( English ) nashville.gov. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
Web links
- Parthenon website
- Panoramic photograph of the Parthenon published in 1909
- Photos and text on the Nashville Parthenon ( Memento from March 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) and the Nashville Athena ( Memento from August 20, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- English Wikipedia article on the Parthenon
Coordinates: 36 ° 8 ′ 58.6 " N , 86 ° 48 ′ 48.6" W.