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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Apr. 23, 2014: The Other Parthenon

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A few weeks ago, TravelGumbo had a feature blog on the Acropolis of Athens and the Parthenon. As I worked on it, I remembered this other Parthenon, in significantly better condition than the original (below).

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This one is in Centennial Park in Nashville, TN, where it was built in 1897 for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. It contains a 42-foot statue of Athena, based on the original, and the frieze is decorated with recreations of the classic sculpture whose fragments are (still) held in the British Museum, the so-called Elgin Marbles. 

 

The Tennessee Parthenon also houses an art museum, featuring a collection of works by American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.

 

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And...as the sign below tells you, the recreational possibilities of the ramps and flat areas of the portico have not gone unnoticed.

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