Temple or sanctuary
Older Parthenon
Older Parthenon: temple or sanctuary of the ancient world (Attica, Greece).
Temple or sanctuaryKind
–First recorded
–Last recorded
AthensNearest town · 1.4 km
On the map
Position: 37.9715, 23.7266
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC
Roman period30 BC – AD 300
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
A large temple on the Acropolis of Athens, begun in the 480s BC and destroyed during the Persian Sack of 480 BC, while still under construction. Parts of the structure were incorporated into the north wall of the Acropolis and other structures in the mid-fifth century BC and the Parthenon was built on the same site, using some of the older structure's foundations, beginning in 447 BC.
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