The Parthenon

The Parthenon is the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena

Parthenos, built on the acropolis of Athens, a masterpiece of Greek
architecture. It is the most important building of classical Greece.
The sculptures with which it is decorated represent the peak of Greek
art. The Parthenon is also a symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian
democracy and Western Civilization, being one of the most important
monuments in the world. The Parthenon is a temple in Doric style,
consisting of a "cella", in which the statue of the goddess Athena was
kept, from the pronaos and "opistodom" (treasury), the whole edifice
being surrounded by columns.
Built of Pentelic marble, the Parthenon was richly decorated with
reliefs by Phidias and his collaborators.
The statue of the goddess, the work of Phidias, 12 m high, was
made of gold and ivory. The eastern pediment represented the birth of
Athena, and the western one the dispute between Poseidon and
Athena for the control of Attica.
The metopes describe the battle of the gods with the Titans, the
battle between the Lapiths and the Centaurs, and the battles of the
Athenians with the Amazons.
Inside the "cella", a long frieze represents the Panathenaic
procession.
Most of the sculptures of the Parthenon are kept today at
the British Museum.