Parthenon

Parthenon

Also known as Παρθενώνας

Year

432

Architect

Iktinos

Type

building

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Completed in 432 BCE as the temple of Athena Parthenos, the Parthenon is the fullest realization of the Doric order, but its perfection rests on systematic deviations from geometry. The stylobate curves upward at its center by 60 millimeter …

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