World Papercraft Buildings of the World Series Greece The Parthenon (section 1)

Canon World Papercraft Mini-book Directions

Print out pages 1 through 4, cut out each individual part along their cut lines,
Buildings of the World Series Greece The Parthenon and fold along the mountain and valley fold lines.
3. Build the foundation
The Parthenon was built in the fifth century 1. Build the sides foundation (1) glue here
B.C. It was surrounded by 58 columns, and its cut out (top)
pediments were decorated with magnificent
relief sculpture. This temple was dedicated to (3) align the letters
glue here foundation
Athena, the goddess of wisdom. A statue of (bottom)
Athena was located in the main hall, facing glue here

east so as to catch the rays of the morning 2. Build the roof

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sun, and giving the temple an air of majesty. 4. Put it all together (2) glue here

*Cut out the card above and save it. You can collect the cards from each of the Papercraft roof
projects to make your own mini-book!
glue here (3) glue here

sides
(4) glue down the
statue of Athena (5) set sides on the
glue roof side C here foundation (do not glue)
map of temple
interior (2) glue here
foundation
(1) glue here
Sides
glue here
display stand

glue here glue here

fold back and glue

* align the east and west markings

on the foundation and sides

glue roof side D heret

glue roof side B here

west

east
cut out

glue here glue here

cut line
mountain fold line

glue roof side A here

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Foundation (top) Roof
glue here
glue to F on foundation (bottom)
glue
here here
glue

east D
N
The Parthenon
The Parthenon was built in the
fifth century B.C. It was
surrounded by 58 columns, and
its pediments were decorated
with magnificent relief sculpture.
This temple was dedicated to
Athena, the goddess of wisdom.
A statue of Athena was located

glue to G on foundation (bottom)

in the main hall, facing east so
glue to E on foundation (bottom)

as to catch the rays of the

morning sun, and giving the
temple an air of majesty.
M

C
The temple employed various
O

glue here
optical refinements to give a
beautiful balance to its exterior
appearance. One of these was
that the ratio of the width of the
building to its height, when
viewed from the front, was close
to 1.618:1. This ratio is known
as the Golden Ratio, and is felt
to be the proportionality that is
most pleasing to the eye.

Length of temple: 69.5 m (228 ft.)

Height of temple: 19 m (62 ft.)
Width of temple: 30.9 m (101 ft.)
Height of columns: 10.4 m (34 ft.)
P Diameter of columns: 1.9 m (6.2 ft.)

west * This paper sculpture is 1:500 scale

glue
glue to H on foundation (bottom) here here
glue
cut line
mountain fold line
Statue of Athena M
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glue to L on the display stand

Foundation
(bottom)
F
Map of temple interior

glue to N on the foundation (top)

direction of rays
of morning sun
and

glue to I on th

glue to M on the foundation (top)

glue to O on the foundation (top)

the display st

G
E

e display stan
statue of
glue to K on

Athena

main hall

d
treasury

map of temple interior

H
glue to P on the foundation (top)

cut line
glue here
glue to J on the display stand mountain fold line
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Display stand

glue here

K
Buildings of the World Greece

Canon World Papercraft

fold back

L
The Parthenon

glue here

cut line
mountain fold line