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'''The [[Parthenon]]'''
[[image:ac.parthenon5.jpg|thumb|150px|The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]

The '''Parthenon''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: &#928;&#945;&#961;&#952;&#949;&#957;&#974;&#957;) is the most famous surviving building of [[Ancient Greece]] and one of the most famous buildings in the world. The building has stood atop the [[Acropolis of Athens]] for nearly 2,500 years and was built to give thanks to [[Athena]], the city's [[patron]] [[goddess]], for the salvation of [[Athens]] and [[Greece]] in the [[Persian Wars]]. The building was officially called the '''Temple of Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''&#960;&#945;&#961;&#952;&#941;&#957;&#959;&#962;'' (parthenos), a virgin.

The Parthenon replaced an older [[temple]] which had been destroyed by the [[Iran|Persians]]. As well as being a temple, the Parthenon was used as a treasury, and was the location of the treasury of the [[Delian League]], which later became the [[Athenian Empire]].
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