Are you familiar with the Parthenon?
The Parthenon is an ancient Greek temple that was built about 2500 years ago, and it appears in high school history textbooks. , I think many people have seen photos and videos.
By the way, you can find the influence of ancient Greek architecture represented by the Parthenon in the buildings built in the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa eras in sightseeing spots such as Kitano Ijinkan-gai and the former foreign settlement in Kobe. .
From the opening of the port at the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period, Western architectural culture came to Kobe from Europe and the United States.At that time, in the West, there were neoclassicism based on the research of ancient Greek and ancient Roman architecture, which is said to be a classic in the history of Western architecture, and historicism, which designed architecture based on later historical styles. had been built.
For this reason, the Western architectural culture that entered Japan from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period shows the influence of various periods in the history of Western architecture that continued from ancient Greece.In the Department of Tourism classes at our university, we conduct fieldwork to discover the influence of ancient Greece in Meiji-era architecture in Kobe's sightseeing spots.
If you have a little knowledge about not only architecture but also local tourism resources, you can enjoy your trip more.If you can find the history of Western architecture in the architecture of Kobe, you should be able to enjoy walking around Kobe even more!
And Kobe is a great city to learn about tourism!
By the way, I will talk about where ancient Greece can be found in the architecture of Kobe in the "Architectural Cultural History (XNUMX)" class at this university.
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