Italeri 68001 - The Athena Parthenon - World Architecture  [IT-68001]

In ancient times Athens had been built around the hill associated with Acropolis, on an ordinary bordered by two little streams, the Eridanus in north and also the Ilisos in the south. Today the region is dominated by the Parthenon.
The fantastic temple, which Pericles entrusted to your care associated with architects Ictinus and Callicrates and also to the artistic direction of Phidias, ended up being built between 447 and 432 B.C. to displace the last archaic building, called Hekatòmpedon, which literally means “one hundred feet long”. Built-in pentelic marble in Doric design, the Parthenon was internally divided into two main rooms: the cellular, with all the statue of Athena
Partenos (“the Virgin”), made by Phidias in gold and ivory and high over 12 metres; regarding the back, the real Parthenon, a colonnaded hall reserved to the young virgins engaged in the worship associated with goddess. The design of the friezes, which was assigned to Pidias, the greatest sculptor of that time period, contributed to make the temple more gorgeous temple, rendering it a formidable vehicle of complex ideological messages.

• 100% brand new MOULDS
• Easy assembled model kit with an interlocking method
• The box includes additionally the synthetic components for realizing the temple and Reference Leaflet
• Interior: reproduction of Athena Parthenos, decorations, marble, floor and columns.
• Inside the Reference Leaflet with historical features, instruction and color indicator