Where is the Parthenon? /
Edwards, Roberta,
Where is the Parthenon? / by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by John Hinderliter. - 108 pages : illustrations, color map ; 20 cm - Where is...? .
Includes bibliographical references.
"Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis, one directly hit the Parthenon. Much of the sculpture was destroyed, three hundred people died, and the site fell into ruin. Today, visitors continue to flock to this world famous landmark, which has become a symbol for Ancient Greece, democracy, and modern civilization"--
9780448488899 (paperback)
2015040449
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)--Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Architecture.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Ancient.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Europe.
Athens (Greece)--Antiquities--Juvenile literature.
Athens (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Juvenile literature.
NA281 / .E39 2016
726/.120809385
Where is the Parthenon? / by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by John Hinderliter. - 108 pages : illustrations, color map ; 20 cm - Where is...? .
Includes bibliographical references.
"Athens, Greece, is best known for the Parthenon, the ruins of an ancient temple completed in 438 BC to honor the goddess Athena. But what many people don't know is that it only served as a temple for a couple hundred years. It then became a church, then a mosque, and by the end of the 1600s served as a storehouse for munitions. When an enemy army fired hundreds of cannon balls at the Acropolis, one directly hit the Parthenon. Much of the sculpture was destroyed, three hundred people died, and the site fell into ruin. Today, visitors continue to flock to this world famous landmark, which has become a symbol for Ancient Greece, democracy, and modern civilization"--
9780448488899 (paperback)
2015040449
Parthenon (Athens, Greece)--Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Architecture.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Ancient.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Europe.
Athens (Greece)--Antiquities--Juvenile literature.
Athens (Greece)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Juvenile literature.
NA281 / .E39 2016
726/.120809385