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OPA! From “The High City” TO “this land is your land”

OPA! From “The High City” TO “this land is your land”. Soteria Gekas Freshman English I. Acropolis ATHENS, Greece. the ACROPOLIS ROCK homes eleven of Greece's most FAMOUS Buildings… Such as…. Design & Context Project # 2. The Parthenon.

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OPA! From “The High City” TO “this land is your land”

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  1. OPA!From “The High City” TO “this land is your land” Soteria Gekas Freshman English I

  2. Acropolis ATHENS, Greece the ACROPOLIS ROCK homes eleven of Greece's most FAMOUS Buildings… Such as…..

  3. Design & Context Project # 2 The Parthenon This is considered to be the temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built 5th century bc, most important surviving building of classical Greece. The Greek ministry of culture is carrying out a program of restoration and reconstruction.

  4. The order of Greek Architecture

  5. Greek Revival in North America A B C

  6. Greek Revival ARCHITECTURE in North America Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC

  7. Design & Context Project # 2 The ParthenonNashville, Tennessee Can’t afford a ticket to go overseas? Try this! This is an exact replica of the Parthenon as it was in ancient Greece. built in 1897 Nashville centennial ART exposition. It is the centerpiece of centennial park in downtown Nashville. Inside there is a replica of the statue Athena Parthenos.

  8. Greek Revival ARCHITECTURE in Boston, Massachusetts

  9. Propylaea Erechtheion the statues Are named Karyatides after the young women from Karyes of Lakonia who danced in honour of the goddess Artemis. Five of them are in the Acropolis Museum and another in the British Museum; those on the building are casts. TheP Shaped building was made of pentelic marble. Built in 510-480 BC Destroyed by the Persians. After the Persian wars it was repaired. Temple of Athena Nike

  10. Old Temple of Athena • The earliest temple to Athena on the Acropolis, is called 'the Old temple' • was located between the Erechtheion and the Parthenon. • The Old temple was damaged by the Persians in 480 BC, but was repaired right after; parts of the monument were incorporated in the Acropolis fortification wall. • The temple was damaged again in 406 bc, after the completion of the Erechtheion and was never rebuilt. • The Old temple was a Doric, peripteral structure with six columns on the short sides and twelve on the long sides. There was the wooden cult statue of the goddess Athena. • The east part of the temple consisted of three rooms, each dedicated to the worship of Poseidon-Erechtheus, Hephaistus and Boutes. • towards the Erechtheion, the remains are visible today, along with two stone column bases from the temple.

  11. Fallen due to erosion, and destruction because of the Persian war, or caught on fire.. Brauronion Temple of Rome & Augustus Pedestal of Agrippa Beule Gate Acropolis Foritication Wall Chalkotheke

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