In its bid to claim the mantle as the Athens of the South, the city of Nashville constructed a life-size replica of the Parthenon for Tennessee’s centennial celebrations in 1897. Its architects ...
A traveler revisits Athens’ Acropolis and finds a 1948 photo of his sailor father there, binding two visits to the Parthenon ...
On September 26 1687, the Parthenon of Acropolis faced a severe blow and was partly destroyed by Venetian General Morosini.
(This video is no longer available for online streaming.) For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, almost destroyed by explosion, ...