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    The Parthenon - 09.01.25 a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece

    The Parthenon

    4.2(652 reviews)
    0.4 miMidtown

    This place is weird…read more You pay $15 to walk inside a full-size replica of the Parthenon, where the main attraction is an enormous white statue of Athena covered in gold leaf. And then... well, that's pretty much it. Athena herself is certainly impressive, although to my completely untrained eye she looked less like a Greek goddess and more like a giant Buddhist statue that had wandered into the wrong religion. I honestly wasn't sure what I was supposed to do. Bow? Pray? Light some incense? Take a selfie? I settled on staring at her for a few minutes and wondering where my $15 went. There was a little room showing how the sculptor made Athena, but I kept thinking there must be something more. Another exhibit. A secret passage. Something. Nope. Big Athena. Gold leaf. Thank you for coming. And perhaps my biggest question: Why is there a full-size replica of the Parthenon in Nashville in the first place? I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable historical explanation, but I almost prefer not knowing. Nashville is the Athens of the South?! Seriously, what were they thinking?!! Worth seeing? Maybe once, just because it's so bizarre. Worth $15? That's between you and Athena. Nashville has hot chicken, country music, honky-tonks... and, for reasons I still don't fully understand, the Parthenon. It's weird.

    One star off because the actual Parthenon is closed for renovations when I came here…read more But other than that, this place is simply magical. As someone who has visited the original Parthenon in Athens, seeing this recreation was a treat. It really gives you an idea of what the Parthenon must have looked like back in the day. I wished the renovations were done by the time I came here since I really wanted to see the statue of Pallasaathena, but it wasn't meant to be. If I lived in Nashville, I'd probably be here all the time. I came around sunset and the park grounds was full of people sitting on blankets and having picnic style dinners and just taking it easy especially in this infernal heat and humidity.

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