Nashville was known as the "Athens of the South" until it became more recently known
as Music City
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| An exact replica of the original Greek temple, the Parthenon, which no longer looks anything like this, having been badly damaged over the centuries. |
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| The original Athena (the goddess of wisdom) statue no longer exists. This is over 40 feet tall and is gilded and painted with 8 pounds of 23.75 carat gold! |
See you tomorrow,
Raewyn.
I have looked it up on Wikipedia and the lady is huge.
ReplyDeleteWarm regards,
Marga♥
You really are furthering your historial education!! Missing you but glad you are having a great time. Celebrated 50 in style over the weekend and now its back to the normal. Hugs xx
ReplyDeleteI've been there! She is huge and the history of the structure is fascinating. I believe it was built for the World's Fair. I can't remember what year that was.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! I didn't know about it!
ReplyDeleteAhh Athena one of my favourite goddesses. Wonderful!
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