The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee
August 11, 2008 by Jon Rochetti
Filed under Home & Living
Location: Centennial Park
Destination: Downtown Nashville, Tennessee
Country: United States
Year Taken: 2008
Photographer: Sam Crowell
This full-scale replica of the famous Parthenon in Athens, Greece is a major landmark in Nashville, Tennessee, and serves as the city’s art museum. Inside the building is a 42 foot tall statue of helmeted Athena (the virgin).
Built for Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 out of brick, wood and plaster, it was rebuild out of concrete in the 1920s.
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