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When did construction of the Parthenon begin?

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Pericles Pericles, detail of a marble herm; in the Vatican Museum.

Construction of the Parthenon began in 447 BCE. The project was part of a magnificent building program on the Acropolis directed by the Athenian statesman Pericles.12