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The Similarities Between The Parthenon In Athens, Greece, And The Pantheon

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Introduction
This qualitative essay states the similarities and differences between the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, and the Pantheon in Rome, Italy's ancient, temples. Additionally, it talks about how the style and the intended purposes/functions of these two buildings represent their culture. Parthenon
The construction of the Parthenon began in 447 BC in Athens, dedicated to the goddess Athena (Parthenon, n.d.) In addition to being a sacred place, Parthenon is a symbol that represents the power of the Athenian Empire during that historical period; it consists of a Doric column supported by Ionic orders (Parthenon, n.d.) According to historians, built by Iktinos and Kalikrates following the Post and Lintel architectural system (vertical and horizontal elements) (Pantheon Vs Parthenon, n.d.) The architects used marble in addition to limestone and with a rectangular floor shape (Pantheon Vs Parthenon, n.d.) The functionality of this ancient building changed throughout history; for instance, it was used as storage “to store gunpowder and shelter civilians,” and in the 590s and 1687, it was a Christian Church …show more content…

The Pantheon temple was built by Publius Aelius Hadrianus in 126 CE, in Rome, Italy; it was built following the Arch Technology architectural system (Pantheon Vs Parthenon, n.d.) Unlike Parthenon, the Pantheon was built using Corinthian column types, using different materials such as marble, brick, concrete, and granite, and instead of rectangular, this temple was made in a circular shape (Pantheon Vs Parthenon, n.d.) As historians stated that Pantheon went through several alterations, to name one, originally the doors were made from bronze painted with gold, and the “three easternmost columns of the portico were replaced in the seventeenth century after having been damaged and braced by a brick wall centuries earlier” (Ranogajec, n.d.) In ancient Rome, the purpose of the Pantheon was a place of worship for all the Roman gods (Pantheon Vs Parthenon,

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