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08/25/2007: "Parthenon Parallels"

Nashville may be a long way from Greece, but the city's Centennial Park may be as close as you can come without leaving the United States. Also, until the Greek ministry completes its restoration and reconstruction of the original Parthenon, the Nashville replica may be the closest you can come to the building as it was built by the Greeks in 400 B.C. anywhere.

Once known as the "Athens of the South," Nashville is not the only place where one can get a taste of the Parthenon in the United States. When Steel Magnate Andrew Carnegie stood on a Pittsburgh hilltop pondering an "Athens of the North" which would become Pittsburgh's cultural center, what he had in mind was a cultural facility that would collect the old masters of tomorrow.

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Eric Miller, on 08.25.07 @ 14:56PST