5 Replicas of Famous Landmarks You Can Visit Without Leaving the U.S.

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The Parthenon

Nashville, Tennessee

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5 Replicas of Famous Landmarks You Can Visit Without Leaving the U.S.

Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, the Parthenon is the most famous monument at the Acropolis of Athens.

It took 15 years to build and decorate, which would be an impressive feat in any era, but even more so in 447 BCE. Many centuries later, a replica was constructed for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897. Initially, no one in Nashville expected the Parthenon to stick around after the exposition, as the replica was built with temporary materials. But it proved so popular with residents that, in the 1920s, the structure was rebuilt to become a permanent fixture. Today, the building — the world's only exact-size replica of the Parthenon — houses Nashville's art museum. Some might even consider the American version an improvement on the original. That's because, inside, it contains a duplicate of a statue of Athena that went missing from the Greek site around 2,000 years ago. The copy was the work of sculptor Alan LeQuire, who delivered it to the Nashville replica in 1990.

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