Parthenon Roof Collapse

The parthenon had 46 outer columns and 23 inner columns in total each column having 20 flutes.

Parthenon roof collapse.

7 the original roof was wooden when it comes to ancient buildings we tend to imagine them built using lavish materials like marble. Parthenon at risk of collapse engineers have found that a section of the huge flat topped rock on which the ancient parthenon sits in athens is beginning to give way 7 october 2014 11 01am. The parthenon had suffered fire damages possibly from the heruli i nvasion in 267 a d. The parthenon is an enduring symbol of ancient.

According to jeffrey m. Hurwit the term parthenon means of the virgin or of the virgins and seems to. The origin of the parthenon s name is unclear. In the foreground of the image a reconstruction of the marble imbrices and tegulae roof tiles forming the roof is visible resting on wooden supports name.

Constructed during the high classical period it is generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the doric order the simplest of the three classical greek architectural orders the temple s harmonic proportions precise construction and lifelike sculptures have been. The parthenon s base was 23 028 square feet about half the size of a football field and its 46 outer columns were some 34 feet high. The turks were storing gunpowder in the building and the venetians bombarded it with predictable results. The parthenon from the south.

The parthenon is regarded as the finest example of greek architecture. A 525 foot frieze wrapped around the top of the exterior. The parthenon in greek ο παρθενώνας was a temple of athena built in the 5th century bc on the acropolis of athens it is considered the most famous surviving building of ancient greece and has been praised as the finest achievement of greek architecture. While the columns pediments and entablature of the parthenon were created using expensive solid marble the original roof of the building is thought to have been made of wood.

The ensuing explosion caused the cella to collapse blowing out the central part of the walls and bringing down much of phidias frieze. It was in this fire that the roof collapsed and the inner double colonnade was destroyed. It didn t collapse fully. In the repairs that followed it was economically impossible to restore the roof as it was.

The parthenon has been a greek temple a christian church a muslim mosque and in the late 17th century september of 1687 it was partially destroyed by an explosion which you can read about on the site below. On 26 september 1687 morosini fired one round scoring a direct hit on the powder magazine inside the parthenon. Many of the columns also toppled causing the architraves triglyphs and metopes to come.