Landmarks · Athens, Greece · column-and-entablature reference
How tall is Parthenon?
The Parthenon’s columns and horizontal entablature form a facade about 13.72 meters high above the stylobate.
13.72 m
Sourced measurement- Measurement
- Stylobate to top of entablature · about 13.72 m
- Subject or version
- Athens, Greece · column-and-entablature reference
- In feet, rounded
- 45 ft (1 ft = 0.3048 m)
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A little more perspective
Nikos Salingaros’s architectural analysis explicitly assigns 13.72 meters, with 66 millimeters of vertical curvature, to the rectangle enclosing the columns and entablature. It excludes the triangular pediment. The measurement marker therefore stops at the horizontal cornice rather than the surviving roof fragments.
The image shows the surviving facade, with the steps below the stylobate and any pediment fragments outside the measured interval. The Acropolis hill is excluded. Treating 13.72 meters as the complete ground-to-roof height would attach the right number to the wrong endpoints.
Quick facts
The Parthenon’s columns and horizontal entablature form a facade about 13.72 meters high above the stylobate.
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Sources and measurement notes
- Nikos A. Salingaros: Applications of the Golden Mean to Architecture, facade analysis
- Acropolis Restoration Service: Parthenon west-pediment conservation proposal
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