Parthenon, Akropolis, Athens, ca. 447-432 B.C.E. Parthenon, Akropolis, Athens, ca. 447-432 B.C.E.

View from inside the cella out the west door (Copyright A. Nicgorski, 1993)

The west door, which originally led inside the treasury at the back of the cella, was enlarged and reinforced in Early Christian times when it became the main entrance into the church of "Our Lady of Athens."