Parthenon
The marble from the Parthenon came from a local mountain near Athens.
Parthenon
over 570 tons
Well, darling, it sounds like you're talking about the Taj Mahal in India. It took a whopping 15 years to build that beauty, and those poor workers lugged around 20,000 tons of marble to make it happen. But hey, all that effort was totally worth it for one of the most iconic symbols of love in the world.
around 75 thousand tons
Marble has a density of 2 563kgm-3. A tonne is a megagram, or 1 000kg. so 1m3 weighs 2 563kg, or 2.563 tonne.
a lot...
11,000
How many tons of lime stone is needed to build a wall 6 ft high 936 sq ft
Alot!
A total of 3,250,000 cubic yards.