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Over the years, the building has also served as a Christian church, a Mosque, and even a storage location for weapons.
The building sits on a raised floor that is three steps high, and has 8 Doric columns on each short end and 17 on each longer end. Doric columns are the simplest style of column, and are just a straight column that does not get wider or thinner along its length. It often had flutes carved into it - thin lines that ran top to bottom down the column.
A giant statue of Athena used to sit inside the Parthenon, but this was destroyed before modern times. There is also a sculptured frieze (raised decorative horizontal band built into a wall) that tells the story of Athena. Some of this frieze was removed and taken to the British Museum.
