Parthenon
The Parthenon is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, 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, Western civilisation, and democracy.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 146 metres (479 feet)
- …is partly wheelchair accessible
- Description: former temple of Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece
- Also known as“Pathenonas”“The Parthenon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Erechtheion and Theatre of Dionysus.
Theatre of Dionysus
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anafiotika and Plaka.
Parthenon
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- Location
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Latitude
37.9715° or 37° 58′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.72662° or 23° 43′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G95XPCG+JJ
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Parthenon” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Parthenon”
- Albanian: “Partenoni”
- Amharic: “ፓርቴኖን”
- Arabic: “البارثينون”
- 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: “巴特農神廟”
- Chinese: “巴特農神殿”
- Chinese: “帕台农神庙”
- Chinese: “帕德嫩神廟”
- Chinese: “帕提农神庙”
- 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”
- Kabyle: “Apartinun”
- Kannada: “ಪಾರ್ತೆನಾನ್”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Parfenon”
- Kazakh: “Парфенон”
- Kirghiz: “Парфенон”
- Korean: “파르테논 신전”
- Latin: “Parthenon”
- Latvian: “Partenons”
- Ligurian: “Partenon”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Partenon”
- Literary Chinese: “巴特農神殿”
- Lithuanian: “Partenonas”
- Livvi: “Parfenon”
- 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”
- Sindhi: “پارٿينون”
- Sinhala: “පාර්තිනන්”
- 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”
- Telugu: “పార్థినాన్”
- Thai: “พาร์เธนอน”
- Thai: “วิหารพาร์เธนอน”
- Tibetan: “ཕཱར་ཧྥེ་ནན།”
- 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”
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