We had no idea this was in Nashville until we saw the movie. It was originally built in 1897 for Tennessee's Centennial Expo & is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens. So, we took a detour through Nashville on our way home from Atlanta to check it out.
Outside our hotel in Nashville, TN, April 2010:
The Parthenon:
Full-Scale replica of the original Parthenon Athena:
Hiding -- you know, in case the park staff turn into the hydra!
Poseidon and Athena, battling for the city of Athens:
Athena's shield:
Playing outside the Parthenon at Centennial Park:
Direct casts of original Parthenon sculptures were all along the sides of the main room:
Hiding -- you know, in case the park staff turn into the hydra!
Poseidon and Athena, battling for the city of Athens:
Athena's shield:
Playing outside the Parthenon at Centennial Park:
1 comment:
That's a cool museum. And they have (or used to have) displays of other unrelated things too, which is cool. Neil Patrick Harris just mentioned that Parthenon in a tiny interview in Entertainment Weekly.
I like to think of it as a full-sized model, because it's in better shape than the original, and because the construction methods were different. :-) The columns aren't carved, they're poured with pebble slurry (which was a cool idea). And I like to think they're reinforced with steel rebar. I hope they are. It's a really cool building!
Love your photos.
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