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	Nashville.gov - Parks and Recreation, Parthenon
		The Parthenon stands proudly as the centerpiece of Centennial Park, Nashville's premier urban park.
		The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Naos are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 B.C. The originals of these powerful fragments are housed in the British Museum in London.
		The focus of the Parthenon's permanent collection is a group of 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists donated by James M. Cowan.
	www.parthenon.org (0 words)

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		The Parthenon was built between 1895 and 1897 as the centerpiece of Tennessee's Centennial Exposition and symbol of Nashvillle's reputation as the Athens of the South.
		The Parthenon was completed in 432 B.C. Considered to be the greatest achievement of Pheidias, the pre-eminent sculptor of Ancient Greece, the original Athena Parthenos was an superb example of the high degree of refinement achieved by the ancient masters.
		The wall of the Acropolis is visible, as is the facade of the Parthenon in the upper background.
	www.geocities.com /vampambrosia/parthenon.htm (1161 words)

	The Parthenon :: GiveMeNashville
		A full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens was built in 1897 in Nashville, Tennessee in the United States, as part of Tennessee's Centennial Exposition; Nashville has long been dubbed the Athens of the South, and the moniker influenced the choice of the building as the linchpin of that fair.
		The plaster replicas of the Parthenon Marbles found in the Naos (the east room of the main hall) are direct casts of the original sculptures which adorned the pediments of the Athenian Parthenon, dating back to 438 BCE.
		The Parthenon in Athens was carved out of Pentelic marble and it took the Greeks approximately 10 years to construct the building, 447-438 B.C. Nashville's Parthenon was created from brick, stone, structural reinforced concrete, and cast concrete aggregate.
	www.givemenashville.com /NNTheParthenon.htm (807 words)

	Nashville : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		Nashville at that time was still a tiny settlement in a vast wilderness, but in less than 20 years, the nation would know of Nashville through the heroic exploits of one of its citizens.
		In 1814, at the close of the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, a Nashville lawyer, led a contingent of Tennessee militiamen in the Battle of New Orleans.
		Though Nashville's Parthenon was meant to last only the duration of the exposition, it proved so popular that the city left it in place.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/nashville/0019020044.html (1424 words)

	Nashville City Information :: GiveMeNashville
		Nashville is the capital city of Tennessee, a state of the United States of America.
		Nashville is also a major center for healthcare enterprise, and home to Hospital Corporation of America, the largest private operator of hospitals in the world.
		Nashville has had a metropolitan government of a consolidated city-county since 1963, and was one of the first large U.S. cities to adopt this structure.
	www.givemenashville.com /city_info.htm (1198 words)

	American Parthenon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nashville's was built of reinforced concrete finished to resemble marble.
		The casts, made by the British government, were brought to Nashville not only as an exhibit but as study-pieces for the artists who reproduced the finished sculptures now a part of the new Parthenon.
		Since most of the sculptures inside Athens' Parthenon were completely destroyed in the 1687 explosion, there was nothing to base reproductions on until it was learned that, 13 years before the explosion, a young French artist named Jacques Carrey, attached to the French embassy in Turkey, sketched all the temple's sculptures.
	historictraveler.away.com /primedia/arts_arch/parthenon.adp (1001 words)

	Parthenon - Nashville
		The Parthenon is the centerpiece of Nashville’s scenic and spacious Centennial Park.
		The Nashville Parthenon is a full-sized replica of the famous Parthenon in Athens, Greece.
		Athens’ from 447-438 B.C. and Nashville’s from 1921-1931.
	users.gurulink.com /wildebeest/parthenon_-_nashville.htm (573 words)

	SELECTED PARTHENON BIBLIOGRAPHY (English only)
		Creighton, W.F. The Parthenon in Nashville: Athens of the South.
		Spaeth, B.S. "Athenians and Eleusinians in the West Pediment of the Parthenon." Hesperia 60 (1991) 331-362.
		Vranopoulos, E.A. The Parthenon and the Elgin Marbles.
	www.willamette.edu /cla/wviews/parthenon/biblio.htm (601 words)

	The Parthenon in Nashville \| Tennessee's Centennial Exposition (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original Parthenon is located on the crest of the Acropolis, a hill overlooking Athens, Greece.
		The Parthenon was dedicated to Athena Parthenos, the Greek virgin goddess of wisdom and the protectress of the city.
		For many years Nashville had been known as the "Athens of the South," and thus it made sense to build a replica of the Parthenon of Ancient Greece and use it as the theme for the Exposition.
	www.padfield.com /2001/parthenon.html (227 words)

	Dr. J's Illustrated Athenian Acropolis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Now as soon as we leave through the east portico, we are struck by the full magnificence of the Parthenon (pictured is my mother at the moment of her first viewing), minus the huge number of statues and smaller structures that would have positively cluttered the sacred rock in antiquity.
		The Parthenon as it has survived is much like the skeletal remains of a dinosaur - we can only glimpse the full magnificence of what it once was, and yet we are still awed by its shattered glory.
		Proof of entasis is that the Parthenon fails the "hat test": a hat left on one end of the stylobate cannot be seen from the other end if you crouch down and view it from ground level.
	people2.hsc.edu /drjclassics/sites/acropolis/parthenon.shtm (1242 words)

	Nashville.gov - Parks and Recreation, Parthenon - Athena
		In the 1920s the Parthenon was rebuilt as a full-scale replica of the ancient Parthenon with one large exception.
		It stood in Nashville’s Parthenon as a plain, white statue for 12 years.
		In 2002 the Parthenon gilded Athena with Alan LeQuire and master gilder Lou Reed in charge of the project.
	www.nashville.gov /Parthenon/Athena.htm (0 words)

	J S Rogers' Monumental Landscapes : The Parthenon of Nashville
		But a little over one hundred years ago, the leading citizens of Nashville, Tennessee went just a bit further in their efforts to commemorate the world of ancient Greece.
		In an effort to save the Parthenon for the ages, the city government teamed up with local architect Russell Hart and architectural historian William Bell Dinsmoor in 1920 to begin a campaign to rebuild the structure in more-lasting materials.
		Like the original in Athens, the Parthenon of Nashville is now, too, just a museum piece that commemorates a seemingly-obsolete culture that was overwhelmed and brushed aside by brash newcomers who had a whole different set of priorities.
	www.utm.edu /staff/jrogers/monparth.htm (818 words)

	Milt Capps: Uplifted by lofty visions, from one Athens to another - Thursday, 04/24/03 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wesley Paine, director of our city's Parthenon museum and gallery, reminds me that more than 2,300 years ago, the ancient builders sought to ensure that the rising sun would unerringly strike the temple doors of The Parthenon on the day ancient Greeks celebrated the birth of Athena.
		Nashville's own Parthenon in Centennial Park is also aligned west to east.
		In addition to those virtues, I believe that the people of our region are committed to preserving the meaning of community, to honoring both knowledge and the limits thereof, to applying gifts and talents for the greater good and to affirming the natural, the historic, the new, the mysterious and the transcendent.
	www.tennessean.com /opinion/nashville-eye/archives/03/04/31924263.shtml?Element_ID=31924263 (664 words)

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		Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is home to more than 3,000 stage costumes, countless musical instruments, archival films and even Elvis Presley's solid gold Cadillac.
		The Belle Meade Plantation is known as the "Queen of the Tennessee Plantations," and was one of the nation's first thoroughbred farms.
		Nashville is a city chock-full of things to entertain you, including plenty of outdoor recreation including boating, hiking, golfing and horseback riding.
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	The City Paper - Smart, Fast, Free (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nashville’s Parthenon is the world’s only full-scale replica of the ancient structure in Athens.
		Talks between the two Parthenons were formalized in December, when a delegation of Nashvillians including Jones and Spyridon, as well as other Parks Department and Metro representatives, traveled to Athens for a three-day trip to meet with the Greek minister of tourism, secretary general of the Ministry of Culture and museum officials.
		While the Nashville Parthenon alone, even after it is enhanced with links to Athens, might not draw the bulk of Nashville’s tourists, Spyridon said the project stands to enhance the city’s international profile, diversify the music industry brand and extend the stays of visitors.
	www.nashvillecitypaper.com /index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&news_id=53890 (583 words)

	The Nashville Parthenon - An UnCommon Place in Tennessee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nashville's Centennial Exposition of 1897 was the occasion to build the first replica, a temporary building which was replaced by a permanent structure finished in 1931.
		Nashville's long-standing reputation as the "Athens of the South", partially because of its many colleges and universities, is one reason for its attachment to this symbolic link to ancient Athens.
		An interesting architectural point to observe is the image of a Grecian urn made by the space between the columns.
	www.uncommondays.com /states/tn/places/parthenon.htm (101 words)

	Nashville (1975)
		Nashville (1975) is maverick director/producer Robert Altman's classic, multi-level, original, two and a half-hour epic study of American culture, show-business, leadership and politics - and one of the great American films of the 1970s.
		The fund-raising rally is to be held at the Parthenon in Nashville [the replica of the Greek Parthenon, a symbol of democracy, was erected in 1876 for the nation's first centenary].
		There are Nashville residents, civic leaders, populist politicians and their frontmen, singing stars and managers, wannabes, reporters, fans, and other drifters, hangers-on, and misfits, who move through various locales including the Grand Ole Opry itself, the airport, the freeway, recording studios, parking lots, motel and hospital rooms, private homes, and nightclubs.
	www.filmsite.org /nash.html (2636 words)

	Nashville Key Magazine Online
		This reconstruction of the original settlement of Nashville is authentic in many details, reflecting the lifestyle of frontier pioneers in the late 1700s.
		Nashville Zoo offers a little bit of everything for every member of the family.
		Located in Centennial Park off of West End, this building gave Nashville its nickname, The Athens of the South” and is recognized as one of the world's most impressive scale reproductions of an ancient classic.
	www.nashvillekey.com /attractions.html (2459 words)

	The Parthenon: Athens and Nashville:
		These are some pictures that I took at Nashville, Tennessee's replica of the Parthenon.
		The Parthenon in Nashville was created for Tennessee's Centennial Celebration in 1897.
		The naos housed the cult statue, the pronaos surrounded it, and the opisthodomos was used as a treasury.
	www.freewebs.com /parthenonproject/photos.htm (247 words)

	Parthenon’s geometric & sculptural secrets explained in Nashville « Elginism
		In the last three hundred or so years, archaeologists, artists, architects & mathematicians have begun to rediscover some of the secrets designed into the Parthenon - from the geometric corrections in the angles of its columns, to the way in which the sculptures were carved.
		The temple’s horizontal lines curve slightly, and the columns, which appear to taper off evenly in width from bottom to top, are actually widest in diameter about a third of the way.
		The panel coincides with the Parthenon’s current exhibition, Photographs of the Athenian Acropolis: The Restoration Project 1975 – 2001, which documents the archeological site’s 25 years of refurbishments and repairs.
	www.elginism.com /20060401/378 (424 words)

	The Parthenon - Nashville TN - Review of The Parthenon - SideStep
		The original structure was only meant to be temporary, however, and by 1921 the building, which had become a Nashville landmark, was in an advanced state of deterioration.
		Newly gilded with eight pounds of gold leaf, she is the tallest indoor sculpture in the country.
		The Parthenon's two pairs of bronze doors, which weigh in at 7 1/2 tons per door, are considered the largest matching bronze doors in the world.
	www.sidestep.com /travel-attraction-g5323564-the_parthenon_nashville_tn (256 words)

	The Parthenon in Nashville, TN
		The Parthenon in Nashville, TN Experience a piece of ancient Greek history at Nashville's exact replica of The Parthenon, completed in 1997 as part of the city's centennial project.
		Nashville's replica serves as the city's art museum, with a gallery featuring 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists.
		You won't miss anything on this comprehensive tour of Nashville, which includes admission to several attractions and landmarks in the city.
	www.vacationsmadeeasy.com /NashvilleTN/pointsOfInterest/TheParthenoninNashvilleTN.cfm (0 words)

	History&Genealogy - Postcards - Nashville, Part 2
		NASHVILLE'S NEW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NASHVILLE, TENN. Narrative on reverse.
		Parthenon and Lake, Centennial Park, Nashville, Tenn. Narrative on reverse.
		Parthenon at Centennial Park, Nashville, Tenn. Blue tint.
	www.state.tn.us /tsla/history/postcards/nash2.htm (1849 words)

	The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Like so many structures that were planned as a temporary attraction for a celebration or fair, Nashville's replica of the Parthenon of Athens, Greece was so well received that the people wanted it to be a permanent part of the city.
		Historians believe the Parthenon was built as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.
		Historians believe the statue of Athena that once stood in the center of the Athenian Parthenon was gold.
	www.tylersterritory.com /travel/atlantic-canada/tennessee/nashville/nashville-01.html (223 words)

	Nashville.gov - Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
		On Sept. 11, Nashville voters will choose between Bob Clement and Karl Dean in the mayoral runoff election.
		The Nashville General Sessions Court announced that individuals may complete the entire registration process on-line.
		The Metropolitan Council is the legislative body of Nashville and Davidson County, with 5 at-large and 35 disctrict members, each elected to serve a term of four years.
	www.nashville.gov (0 words)

	The Parthenon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Parthenon, one of Nashville's oldest cultural institutions, was built in 1897 to celebrate Tennessee's centennial.
		It is a full-scale replica of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece from 438 B.C.E. (before common era).
		Nashville's Parthenon includes a re-creation of the 5thcentury B.C.E. Athena Parthenos sculpture.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/2aa/2aa33.htm (234 words)

	Fun and Free Family Activities in Nashville, TN - Associated Content
		There are always lots of fun activities to do with the family that is free in Nashville and the surrounding suburbs.
		Nashville’s Parthenon is the exact replica of the ancient Athens Parthenon in Greece.
		There are large open spaces for a game of ball or frisbee, a playground for the children, walking trails all around the pond and plenty of picnic tables.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/83515/fun_and_free_family_activities_in_nashville.html (518 words)

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