Doris Mele Ms. Macbeth HUM 2210 30 October 2017 Compare and Contrast Essay Parthenon Athena and Pantheon Rome have some differences and some similar information that they share that many of us don’t know about. These two temples have influenced the architecture around the world till present time. Parthenon of Athens was built by Iktinos and Kallikrates in the 447- 432 B.C.E. Also, was one of the finest preserved temples with the greatest architectural structures from ancient times. The temple was designed for the living. Parthenon temple dedicate to the Athens, which where goddness of war, patron of arts and crafts, and the personification of wisdom. The temple of Athens makes use of Doric order one of the programs of architectural design …show more content…
This temple has been destroyed and rebuild twice. It was built for the Roman gods of the ancient Rome. Took 732 construction workers over 3 years to construct the pantheon. Commissioned during the Augustus rein arch technology. The Temple had the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome. Any always was opening to the public. They used this temple as a Roman Catholic church and for a tourist attraction. The temple contains the tombs of Raphael Sanzioda Urbino, Annibale Carracci, Arcangelo Corelli, architect Baldassare Peruzzi. Later, they converted into St. Mary and Martyrs. Similaries that Pantheon of Rome and Parthenon of Athena. They both are ancient temples their exterior designs are from traditional Greek temples such as Parthenon which was made from ivory and gold. Both had destruction done to them and had to be rebuild, used as churches in the middle ages and both were made for goddess, and used architectural systems. Their differences Rome Parthenon and Athens were builded 6 centuries apart. Parthenon was builded in B.C.E and Rome was builded in 126 CE. Rome was a catholic church and Athens was used as a museum. They were used by different architectural systems which were for the romans architectural system arch technology and Athens was post intel system. Athens was open wasn’t opening to the public only to the elites. When the romans was open to the