The Parthenon experienced time as a mosque and a church.
We’ve detailed explicitly how the Parthenon existed as a place of holy worship for the Greek Goddess Athena but it didn’t stay that way forever. The Parthenon was converted to a Church in the 6th century during a Christian pilgrimage. During this time the Christians removed many ‘pagan objects’ and destroyed them, resulting in a loss of countless priceless sculptures. The Parthenon was converted into a church until the Ottomans came during the 15th century. During this time the Parthenon would act as a mosque for the Ottomans until later when the Turkish army would almost destroy the building. Now the Parthenon is largely a museum and tourist destination.
The Parthenon experienced time as a mosque and a church
The Parthenon had a wooden roof!
Despite all of the glorious marble that makes up the vast majority of the Parthenon, the roof of the building at the time had been made up of wood! Wooden roofs aren’t typically thought of as glorious or worthy of worship but it was the only way to build a roof at the time for a building that large. Any other roof would have been heavy enough to put too much pressure on the marble columns, thus leading to a collapse far earlier than we would have been able to see.
The Parthenon had a wooden roof
