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Nashville 2019

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Nashville 2019

The Parthenon, gardens, and Music City — July 2019

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A Parthenon in Tennessee

A summer weekend in Nashville, Tennessee — the city's astonishing full-size replica of the Parthenon, with its towering golden Athena and hall of Elgin Marble casts, the war memorials of Centennial Park, and the jungle-under-glass atrium of the Gaylord Opryland resort, all indoor rivers, waterfalls and a grand fountain. Tap any photo to enlarge it, or open the map.

Day 1

Thu 4 Jul

Centennial Park

Centennial Park
Centennial ParkA bronze war memorial under the Centennial Park oaks.
Centennial Park
Centennial ParkCarved figures gone green with age.
Centennial Park
Centennial ParkOld monuments in the summer shade.
Centennial Park
Centennial ParkA bronze war memorial under the Centennial Park oaks.

Day 2

Fri 5 Jul

The Parthenon & Athena · The Opryland gardens

The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaNashville's full-size Parthenon and the golden Athena inside.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaAthena Parthenos in gold and ivory, forty feet tall.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaPlaster casts of the Elgin Marbles, line for line.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaA classical torso in the cool museum light.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaCoffee and something sweet between the sights.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaNashville's full-size Parthenon and the golden Athena inside.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaAthena Parthenos in gold and ivory, forty feet tall.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaPlaster casts of the Elgin Marbles, line for line.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaA classical torso in the cool museum light.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaCoffee and something sweet between the sights.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaNashville's full-size Parthenon and the golden Athena inside.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaAthena Parthenos in gold and ivory, forty feet tall.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaPlaster casts of the Elgin Marbles, line for line.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaA classical torso in the cool museum light.
The Parthenon & Athena
The Parthenon & AthenaCoffee and something sweet between the sights.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensThe Gaylord Opryland atrium, a rainforest under glass.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensIndoor rivers and waterfalls nine storeys tall.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensA giant guitar tucked in among the greenery.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensThe grand fountain at the heart of the atrium.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensFootbridges and ferns as far as you could see.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensThe Gaylord Opryland atrium, a rainforest under glass.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensIndoor rivers and waterfalls nine storeys tall.
The Opryland gardens
The Opryland gardensA giant guitar tucked in among the greenery.

Where we wandered