![]() ![]() The Parthenon was constructed in the 5th century BC, reflecting the power and dominance of the then city-state of Athens. ![]() ![]() The Parthenon Sculptures are from Athens, Greece. In 2009, a new museum in Athens, the Acropolis Museum, was built to house the sculptures that remain in Greece alongside other treasures, providing an in-depth view of the ancient history of the Acropolis and its surrounding religious sanctuaries and civic structures. It is universally recognised that the sculptures that survive are best seen and conserved in museums. It is therefore impossible to reconstruct the monument completely or reunite it with its sculptural decoration. Around 50% of the original architectural decoration on the Parthenon is now lost, having been destroyed over many centuries in the ancient world and later. It has sustained significant damage throughout its long history, in particular as a result of an explosion while it was in use as an ammunition store in 1687 this left the Parthenon as a ruin. ![]() It has been a temple, a church, a mosque and is now an archaeological site. The Parthenon itself has a complex history. The British Museum houses 15 metopes, 17 pedimental figures and 247ft (75m) of the original frieze. Made between 447BC and 432BC they consist of: a frieze which shows the procession of the Panathenaic festival (the commemoration of the birthday of the goddess Athena) a series of metopes (sculpted relief panels) depicting the battle between Centaurs and Lapiths at the marriage-feast of Peirithoos and figures of the gods and legendary heroes from the temple's pediments. The Parthenon Sculptures are a collection of different types of marble architectural decoration from the temple of Athena (the Parthenon) on the Acropolis in Athens. ![]()
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