This is the only fill-scale replica in the world of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. The original was completed in 438 BC, and was a temple to the goddess Athena. The Parthenon is considered the pinnacle of Classical Greek architecture. This replica was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.Statue of the goddess Athena.The statue in Athena’s hand is Nike, and it is 6’4″ tall. Looks small in this scale!The serpent.The shield.Back side of the shield.Literature from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, 1897.The lower level contains several paintings on display. Here is The Wreck, 8152, Frederic Edwin Church, oil on canvas.Autumn in the Catskills, 1871, Sanford Robinson Gifford, oil on canvas.Mount Tamalpais, 1873, Albert Bierstadt, oil on canvas.The New Dress, 1874, Edwin Blashfield, oil on canvas.Rab and the Girls (Over the Hills), 1875, Winslow Homer, oil on canvas.Town Pond – Easthampton, 1901, Thomas Moran, oil on canvas.Northeasterly Gale, undated, Paul Dougherty, oil on canvas.Birches and Pines, undated, George Gardner Symons, oil on canvas.
