Parthenon yana ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun gine-ginen Girka amma wataƙila za ku maimaita sunansa sau dubu kuma har yanzu ba ku san abin da kuke nufi ba. Menene parthenon? Me aka yi wa? Daga wace shekara? Da kyau, idan kun tafi hutu zuwa Girka to sai ku rubuta waɗannan gaskiyar game da wannan ginin da ya shahara daga tsohuwar Girka:
Parthenon shine abin da ya rage na a haikalin athena, allahn da ke bautar birnin Athens. Gidan ibada ne wanda yake a cikin Acropolis, a kan tsauni mai laushi wanda ke birkita garin yau kuma ana ɗauka ɗayan kyawawan misalai na tsarin gine-ginen Doric. Wannan ginin yana da sauƙi a cikin salo, ba tare da ado da yawa ba, tare da ginshiƙai masu santsi. Sananne ne cewa Pidias, Iktinos ko Kallikrates ne suka tsara ginin, yana da sunaye da yawa, shahararren mutum-mutumi wanda yayi aiki tare da goyon bayan Pericles, babban ɗan siyasan Girka wanda, aka ce shi ne ya kafa garin kuma wani ɓangare ne yake da alhakin Zamanin Zinare daga Girka. A cikin haikalin akwai taskoki da yawa amma babban abin shine babban mutum-mutumin Athena wanda mai zane guda ya tsara kuma aka yi shi da zinariya da hauren giwa.
El Parthenon na Atina Sannan an gina shi a farkon 447 BC kuma ayyukan sun ci gaba na aan shekaru. An gina shi a kan haikalin da ya gabata kuma game da ma'aunai ya lalace sosai don haka ba zasu iya takamaiman su ba. An wawushe shi, coci ne, masallaci ne kuma har ma ya kasance ma'ajiyar makamai ga Turkawa a lokacin mamayar. Ko da a ƙarshen karni na goma sha bakwai, akwai fashewa, a tsakiyar yaƙi tare da Venetians, wanda ya haifar da mafi girman lalacewar da ake gani a yau.
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