Parthenon

The Pantheon and the Parthenon have been studied for thousands of years as two of the most influential and advanced designs of their time. Coming from different cultures and eras, both structures are as similar as they are different. The architecture of these buildings have been copied and edited in various places around the world….

The Pyramids vs. The Parthenon Ancient civilizations were capable of producing awe inspiring architectural feats. This holds true with the Egyptians and Romans. The Egyptian Pyramids and the Greek Parthenon are architectural marvels today even though they were built over a thousand years ago. These impressive structures were built over many decades with little tools….

The word Pantheon from Greek means “Temple of all Gods”. This is a famous building in Rome, which was initially built in 27 BCE-25 BCE to praise the ancient Gods of the seven planets, but after the 7th century it was already known as Christian Church. The Parthenon in its turn is the most famous…

Wow this is a nice day to be out in the agora wondering around the market places. I love walking past the Parthenon, you know this is the proudest building we Greeks ever built. If one-structure sums up our history and our superiority in architecture it’s this building. These might have been some of the…

The Parthenon is widely considered to be the apotheosis of classical architecture, regarded as an enduring symbol of Greek culture, Athenian democracy and Western civilization as a whole. It is constructed in the traditional Doric order of temple design, representing logic, morality, restraint and control. The temple has a simple structure, defined by its simple,…