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The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed by architect William Crawford Smith [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition .
In 1927–1928 he was the architectural consultant for the construction of the interior of a full-scale concrete replica of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee. He then returned to the American School as a professor of architecture (1924–1928). He was married to Zillah Frances Pierce (1886–1960). [1]
On November 11, 2005, Centennial Park became Nashville's first wireless internet park by offering free Wi-Fi internet access to park patrons. [17] The park's bandshell was the site of the annual "Shakespeare in the Park" presented by the Nashville Shakespeare Festival for thirty years until its move to Nashville's oneC1TY in 2019. [citation needed]
When Bonnie Seymour took a job as assistant curator of Nashville's Parthenon museum, one of the first things she did was to look through the collections. Among paintings by American artists and ...
The Parthenon Museum in Nashville is repatriating its prized collection of 500-year-old artifacts back to Mexico, saying it's the right thing to do.
Parthenon, Nashville – Full-scale replica; Stripped Classicism; Temple of Hephaestus; Walhalla temple Regensburg – Exterior modelled on the Parthenon, but the interior is a hall of fame for distinguished Germans
Nashville's Parthenon Museum is now allowed to remove 248 pre-Columbian artifacts from its permanent collection so they can be returned to Mexico.
Interior of the concert hall . In May 2010, unusually severe flooding caused significant damage in and around Nashville, including approximately $40 million in damages to Schermerhorn Symphony Center. At the height of the flood, the lower reaches of the building were filled with 24 feet (7.3 m) of water.