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To: Verginius Rufus

I’ve been to the Nashville Parthenon. First learned about it when I took Latin in high school. Built in 1897 for a world’s fair IIRC.

FWIW, the Pantheon in Rome has survived intact for nearly two millenia. Somehow, intact buildings aren’t as interesting as ruins.


9 posted on 06/15/2012 3:17:07 PM PDT by elcid1970 (Nuke Mecca now. Death to Islam means freedom for all mankind. Deus vult!")
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To: elcid1970

The structure built in 1897 was intended to be temporary—it was rebuilt on the same foundations between 1920 and 1931 out of concrete. The statue of Athena inside was added in the 1990s.


11 posted on 06/15/2012 3:46:56 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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