Parthenon
The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centennial Park and Vanderbilt University.
Centennial Park
Park
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Centennial Park is a large urban park located approximately two miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, United States, across West End Avenue from the campus of Vanderbilt University.
Vanderbilt University
University
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Vanderbilt University is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school with its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift, and the greater work of the university, would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War. Vanderbilt University is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Parthenon.
Centennial Sportsplex
Sports venue
Centennial Sportsplex is a multi-use athletic complex in Nashville, Tennessee. The venue is owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and is operated by Metro Parks, the parks and recreation arm of the government. Centennial Sportsplex is situated 1,300 feet east of Parthenon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Gulch and Nashville.
The Gulch
Neighborhood
The Gulch is a neighborhood on the south fringe of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, near Interstate 40, Interstate 65 and Interstate 24. It is known to be a trendy and hip neighborhood, and a popular destination for locals, college students, and visitors. The Gulch is situated 1½ miles east of Parthenon.
Nashville
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Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee. With 716,000 residents in 2022, it is the state's largest city. Nashville is sometimes called the "Country Music Capital of the World" or more often "Music City, USA"; however, Nashville has done much to escape its country music image and become a regional center of culture and commerce.
Green Hills
Hamlet
Green Hills is an affluent neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Green Hills is located south of downtown Nashville on Hillsboro Pike. Green Hills is within a region extending south to Forest Hills and Williamson County and east-west to Oak Hill and Belle Meade. Green Hills is situated 3 miles south of Parthenon.
Parthenon
- Type: Historic building
- Description: Parthenon in Nashville
- Categories: replica, art museum, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.14972° or 36° 8′ 59″ northLongitude
-86.81338° or 86° 48′ 48″ westElevation
535 feet (163 metres)Open location code
868M45XP+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 130913355OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingGeoNames ID
4648228Wikidata ID
Q1467467
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In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Parthenon” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Partenón”
- Basque: “Partenoia (Nashville)”
- Basque: “Partenoia”
- Chinese: “巴特農神廟”
- Chinese: “帕德嫩神庙”
- Chinese: “帕德嫩神廟”
- Chinese: “帕提农神庙”
- Chinese: “帕提農神廟”
- Czech: “Parthenon v Nashvillu”
- Dutch: “Parthenon (Nashville)”
- Dutch: “Parthenon”
- Finnish: “Parthenon”
- French: “Parthénon de Nashville”
- German: “Parthenon”
- Hindi: “पार्थेनॉन”
- Italian: “Partenone”
- Japanese: “パルテノン神殿”
- Korean: “파르테논”
- Latin: “Parthenon Nasburgensis”
- Latin: “Parthenon Nasburgi”
- Polish: “Partenon w Nashville”
- Portuguese: “Partenon”
- Russian: “Парфенон в Нэшвилле”
- Russian: “Парфенон”
- Slovenian: “Parthenon”
- Spanish: “Partenon”
- Spanish: “Partenón”
- Swedish: “Parthenon”
- Ukrainian: “Парфенон”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Parthenon”. Photo: Mayursp4u, CC BY-SA 3.0.