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Oct 1, 2019 · Why is Nashville called the "Athens of the South"? This is a question I'm guessing plenty of people already know the answer to, but nevertheless, here's my take on it. The short answer—because of its dedication to higher education a.k.a. its colleges and universities.
Aug 7, 2018 · Long before Nashville earned the nickname Music City, it had a different moniker: The Athens of the South. It’s called that because of the more than 20 colleges and universities that call the city home (and also, there’s a replica of the Parthenon).
Jun 22, 2019 · By the 1850s, Nashville had already earned the nickname of the “Athens of the South” by having established numerous higher education institutions; it was the first American southern city to establish a public school system.
Nashville's nickname, the "Athens of the South", [4] influenced the choice of the building as the centerpiece of the 1897 Centennial Exposition. A number of buildings at the exposition were based on ancient originals.
Feb 7, 2013 · City declares self “Athens of the South” (the fin de siècle version of “It City”). 1907: President Teddy Roosevelt likes our coffee “to the last drop.”
Oct 8, 2017 · A wood and stucco replica of the Parthenon was such a popular building that the city, already called the Athens of the South because of its educational institutions, built a permanent reconstruction in concrete in the 1920s, now the only full-scale facsimile of the Parthenon in existence.
Oct 8, 2017 · This Nashville landmark is the world’s only exact-size replica of the original temple in Athens, Greece. For the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville drew upon its nickname “Athens of the South” and built the art building as a copy of the most famous example of Greek classical architecture.
