Secrets of the Parthenon

About Secrets of the Parthenon

For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by catastrophic renovations. To save it from collapse, the modern restoration team must uncover the secrets of how the ancient Greeks built this icon of western civilization in less than nine years without anything resembling an architectural plan.

Gary Glassman and Michael Beckham directed Secrets of the Parthenon, a 2008 documentary history film. The film is filed under architecture, greece, ancient greece, and architecture history.

Alkibiadis Bakogianis, Barbara Barletta, Charalambos Bouras, and Andreas Charitopoulos lead the cast. At 79 minutes long, it arrived in January 2008.

The screenplay is by Gary Glassman.

The Untold Story of the Vatican, Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Modern Masterpiece, and Alexander make useful companions to Secrets of the Parthenon, all filed under temple architecture.