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What was the Greek's stone of choice when it came to architecture?

Was it marble? When I think of Greek architecture I mean the acropolises in Athens and such. And is it the same stone they use in monuments at Washington D.C

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1. Marble. There is/was lots of marble easily available in nearby areas.
2. I think Marble
3. Parthenon: Its massive foundations were made of limestone, and the columns were made of Pentelic marble and marble from the Cycladic island of Paros. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grarc/hd_grarc.htm Marble was an expensive building material in Greece: high quality marble came only from Mt. Pentelicus in Attica and from a few islands such as Paros, and its transportation in large blocks was difficult. It was used mainly for sculptural decoration, not structurally, except in the very grandest buildings of the Classical period such as the Parthenon. http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/33609 The Temple of Aphaia Athena. It is a peripteral temple in the Doric order with ionic elements in its interior, and at the south edge of the cella there is the first example of a Corinthian column. The temple is built of local limestone, marble being used in only a very few places. http://www.greek-thesaurus.gr/ancient-greek-temples.html The Washington Monument It is built from white marble from Maryland and Massachusetts, with granite underlying the marble and supported by interior of ironwork. http://www.vacationideasguide.com/washington-dc-monuments.html