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Parthanon vs White House

I am writing about the Parthenon and the White House. The Parthenon, was a dedication of the Athenians to protect the city. The Parthenon was built during 447-438 BC. The Parthenon has a doric peripteral temple,and the White House also has doric columns. The Parthenon being that it has a rectangular floor plan. On the Parthenon there is doric columns that extends around the periphery of the entire structure. All of the entrances to the Parthenon has an additional six columns in front of it. The Parthenon was built to replace two earlier temples, one of the temples was on the south of the Parthenon, and the other temple was were the Parthenon is today. In the Parthenon there was also cult statues in the temple. The three main columns used in Greek architecture are doric,ionic, and corintian. They decide which column they want to use by there proportians. Another place that has doric columns is the White House. The White House looks likes it could have been influenced by Greek architecture. The white House is one of the nations most prestigious addresses. Why is this? Maybe its because of the wonderful architecture features of the lovely house. The White House had to be made to fit a president. The plans for this house were made by Pierre Charles L'Enfent. As you know the first president was George Washington, the house was based off of what he might want the house to look like. Today the White House has been modified. It has six floors, seven staircases, 132 rooms, 32 bathrooms, 28 fireplaces, 147 windows, 412 doors, and three elevators. This remodeling took place over a two year period. Although the White House has been modified and changed a lot of the original work is still there today. The White House does resemble Greek architecture, one way you can tell that it resembles Greek architecture is from the beautiful doric columns in the front of the house. Doric columns are found more commonly used in ancient Greek architecture. This is on of the features that gives the White House that ancient Greek look. In comparison these two buildings are very similar, and its very possible that the White House was influenced by ancient Greek architecture. Now you know some very interesting facts about the Parthanon, the White House and Greek architecture. This concludes my entry comparing the Parthanon and the White House.