Thirty six are in athens fifty six are in the british museum and one is in the louvre.
Marbles of the parthenon.
Dedicated to the greek goddess.
The parthenon is a resplendent marble temple built between 447 and 432 b c.
The elgin marbles sometimes referred to as the parthenon sculptures are a collection of marble sculptures that originally adorned the top of the exterior of the parthenon in athens greece and.
Not all of the parthenon marbles however survive down to the present day.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
Unlike the parthenon marbles the statue did not survive antiquity.
There were originally 115 panels in the frieze.
They were originally part of the temple of the parthenon and other buildings on the acropolis of athens.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british.
During the height of the ancient greek empire.