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Parthenon

The Parthenon is a former temple on the , Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of classical Greek art, and the Parthenon is considered an enduring symbol of ancient Greece, democracy, and Western civilization.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: former temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
  • Also known as: “Pathenonas” and “The Parthenon”
  • Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: Dafalias, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Erechtheion and Athena Promachos statue place.

Photo: Chepry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Temple of Athena Polias is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the , , which was primarily dedicated to the goddess Athena.

Archaeological site
The Athena Promachos was a colossal bronze statue of Athena sculpted by Pheidias, which stood between the Propylaea and the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.

Photo: Rrburke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an ancient Greek theatre in . It is built on the south slope of the hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. is situated 140 metres southeast of Parthenon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anafiotika and Plaka.

Neighborhood
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is a scenic tiny neighborhood of the center of , part of the old historical neighborhood called . It lies on the northeast side of the .

Quarter
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Pláka is the old historical neighborhood of , clustered around the northern and eastern slopes of the , and incorporating labyrinthine streets and neoclassical architecture.

Neighborhood
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Makrygianni or Makriyanni is a neighborhood of , . Also known as , it is located in the south side of and bounded between the avenues Dionysiou Areopagitou and Syngrou.

Parthenon

Latitude
37.9715° or 37° 58′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.72662° or 23° 43′ 36″ east
Elevation
146 metres (479 feet)
Open location code
8G95XPCG+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 910010406
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
8354432
Wiki­data ID
Q10288
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Parthenon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Parthenon”
  • Albanian: “Partenoni”
  • Amharic: “ፓርቴኖን”
  • Arabic: “بارثينون”
  • Aragonese: “Partenón”
  • Armenian: “Պարթենոն”
  • Arpitan: “Partènon”
  • Assamese: “পাৰ্থেনন মন্দিৰ”
  • Asturian: “Partenón”
  • Azerbaijani: “Parfenon”
  • Balinese: “Parthénon”
  • Bashkir: “Парфенон”
  • Basque: “Partenoia”
  • Belarusian: “Партэнон”
  • Belarusian: “Парфенон”
  • Bengali: “পার্থানন”
  • Bhojpuri: “पार्थेनन”
  • Bosnian: “Partenon”
  • Breton: “Partenon”
  • Bulgarian: “Партенон”
  • Catalan: “Partenó”
  • Cebuano: “Parthenon”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارتێنۆن”
  • Chechen: “Парфенон”
  • Chinese: “Parthenon”
  • Chinese: “巴特農神廟”
  • Chinese: “巴特農神殿”
  • Chinese: “帕台农神庙”
  • Chinese: “帕德嫩神廟”
  • Chinese: “帕特农神庙”
  • Chuvash: “Парфенон”
  • Cornish: “Parthenon”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Parfenon”
  • Croatian: “Partenon”
  • Czech: “Parthenon”
  • Czech: “Parthenón”
  • Danish: “Parthenon”
  • Dutch: “Parthenon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بارثينون”
  • Esperanto: “Partenono”
  • Estonian: “Parthenon”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Parthenon”
  • Finnish: “Parthenon”
  • French: “Parthenon”
  • French: “Parthénon”
  • Galician: “Partenón”
  • Georgian: “პართენონი”
  • German: “Parthenon”
  • Greek: “Παρθενών”
  • Greek: “Παρθενώνας”
  • Guarani: “Partenón”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Parténon”
  • Hebrew: “פרתנון”
  • Hindi: “पार्थेनन”
  • Hungarian: “Parthenón”
  • Icelandic: “Meyjarhofið í Aþenu”
  • Ido: “Parteno”
  • Indonesian: “Parthenon”
  • Interlingua: “Parthenon”
  • Irish: “An Partanón”
  • Italian: “Partenone”
  • Japanese: “パルテノン神殿”
  • Javanese: “Parthenon”
  • Kabiyè: “Paritenɔɔ”
  • Kannada: “ಪಾರ್ತೆನಾನ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Parfenon”
  • Kazakh: “Парфенон”
  • Kirghiz: “Парфенон”
  • Korean: “파르테논 신전”
  • Latin: “Parthenon”
  • Latvian: “Partenons”
  • Ligurian: “Partenon”
  • Lithuanian: “Partenonas”
  • Lombard: “Partenon”
  • Low German: “Parthenon”
  • Macedonian: “Партенон”
  • Malagasy: “Parthénon”
  • Malay: “Parthenon”
  • Malayalam: “പാർഥിനോൺ ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯥꯔꯊꯤꯅꯣꯟ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯄꯥꯔꯊꯦꯅꯣꯟ”
  • Marathi: “पार्थेनॉन”
  • Mazanderani: “پارتنون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Parthenon”
  • Mirandese: “Partenon”
  • Mongolian: “Парфенон”
  • Neapolitan: “Partenone”
  • Newari: “पार्थेनन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Parthenon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Parthenon”
  • Norwegian: “Parthenon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Partenon”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Parþenon”
  • Panjabi: “ਪਾਰਥੇਨੋਨ”
  • Persian: “پارتنون”
  • Piemontese: “Parthenon”
  • Polish: “Partenon”
  • Portuguese: “Partenon”
  • Portuguese: “Pártenon”
  • Pushto: “پارتېنون”
  • Romanian: “Partenon”
  • Romanian: “Partenonul”
  • Russia Buriat: “Парфенон”
  • Russian: “Парфенон”
  • Rusyn: “Парфенон”
  • Samogitian: “Partenuons”
  • Saraiki: “پارتھینون”
  • Serbian: “Партенон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Partenon”
  • Sicilian: “Partinuni”
  • Slovak: “Parthenón”
  • Slovenian: “Partenon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پارتنون”
  • Spanish: “El Partenón de Atenas”
  • Spanish: “El Partenón”
  • Spanish: “Partenon”
  • Spanish: “Partenón”
  • Swahili: “Parthenon”
  • Swedish: “Parthenon”
  • Swiss German: “Parthenon”
  • Tagalog: “Partenon”
  • Tagalog: “Parthenon”
  • Tajik: “Парфенон”
  • Tamil: “பார்த்தினன்”
  • Tatar: “Parfenon”
  • Thai: “พาร์เธนอน”
  • Thai: “วิหารพาร์เธนอน”
  • Tibetan: “ཕཱར་ཧྥེ་ནན།”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Parthenon”
  • Turkish: “Partenon”
  • Udmurt: “Парфенон”
  • Ukrainian: “Парфенон”
  • Urdu: “پارتھینون”
  • Uzbek: “Parfenon”
  • Venetian: “Partenon”
  • Veps: “Parfenon”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Parthenon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Parthenon”
  • Welsh: “Parthenon”
  • Western Frisian: “Partenon”
  • Western Panjabi: “پارتھینن”
  • Wu Chinese: “帕特农神庙”
  • Yiddish: “פארטענאן”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴特農神殿”
  • “Partenuons”
  • “पार्थेनन”

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