Nashville, TN
Today was a quite amazing day visiting the full size replica of the Greek Pantheon built in Nashville for the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, representing the city’s reputation as the “Athens of the South”. Included was the full sized (41′ 10″) replica of Athena, “goddess of wisdom, prudent warfare and the useful arts”. Nike, goddess of victory , perches on Athena’s right hand and stands 6’4″ tall.
In the lower level was an amazing sampling of art. The focus of the Parthenon’s permanent collection is a group of 63 paintings by 19th and 20th century American artists donated by James M. Cowan. No photos allowed, but they were great!
As the afternoon waned, we visited the other attractions of Centennial Park including flower gardens and art center.
