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The Parthenon
The Parthenon is a temple on top of the Athenian Acropolis in Greece. It was dedicated to Goddess Athena, daughter of Zeus, her nickname was Pallas,. Athene was the goddess of war.
It was built around 447BC. That is more than 2000 years ago, and was finished in 432BC.
• The Parthenon was an Athenian temple for 900 years, after than it was a Christian church for about 1000 years, and an Islamic mosque for 200 years.
After that, the Venetians put a bomb in the Acropolis. The Parthenon was still standing strong, but the Acropolis was destroyed from the inside.
The Parthenon used arches to make the structure stronger.
There were no real challenges the engineers faced as they were building, but a major fire broke out and made the roof explode completely.
The structure was dedicated to Athena and was known as a temple. People believed going to the Parthenon was a way of getting closer to god.
