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The Parthenon It's dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena.
It's not the first temple on this space and Acropolis was inhabited since Neolithic.
It was used as a mosque while Greece was under Ottoman rule and before that was a Christian church.
Some of its greatest marbles, the Elgin marbles are located in London but also in Louvre and Vatican or Copenhagen.
Its name has an interesting origin and means "unmarried women's apartments." Maidens (parthenoi) who participated in sacrifices to the goddess Athena helped give rise to the name.
It's not actually a temple.
It was originally quite colorful. Archaeologists used UV light to uncover pigments that have now been lost.
The boat carrying the Elgin Marbles sunk and for two years many of the carvings were stuck on the ocean floor.
The colossal statue of Athena by sculptor Phidias was located inside the Parthenon. It was about 12 m in height and was built in ivory. It was bombed during the great Turkish war by the venetians and at that time it was an ammunition storage room.
There is a full-scale replica in Nashville, Tennessee. and
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So if it's not a temple then what is it?and does goddess Pallas Athena have temples dedicated to her?