for a limited time only,

there is a replica

of the Greek structure,

The Parthenon, and it's made

with over 100,000 banned books.

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The 'Parthenon of Books'

is an installation that

is part of The Document of 14 art show.

The exhibit is from

South American artist, Martin Minujín.

Her aim is to spark debate

about the issues of censorship in literature.

To achieve that, she has collected

over a hundred thousand copies of 170

different books that

have been banned

throughout the world

through various stages of history.

The books include everything

from Mark Twain's Adventures of Tom Sawyer

to Cecily von Ziegesar's Gossip Girl.

It is not a coincidence that The Parthenon

of Books is located in this German park

as it was here that Nazi's burned

over 2,000 books by Jewish or Marxist writers

in the early 1930s.

The books for this project

were donated by the general public.

And once the installation is complete,

they will be handed out to visitors

with the hope of inspiring readers

for years to come.

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