US EditionScaffolding removed from Parthenon
After 20 years of restoration, visitors can now see the Parthenon fully free of scaffolding for the first time in two centuries, with 4.5 million visiting Acropolis in 2024.
- On Friday, the Parthenon at Acropolis Hill is completely free of scaffolding for the first time in at least 200 years, offering visitors a rare unobstructed view.
- The long restoration campaign that began about 20 years ago required scaffolding on the temple's western face, following two decades of work to protect it from wear, fires and earthquakes.
- Walking along the broad pedestrian street, visitors can now see the Parthenon without scaffolding after removal on the western side was completed in late September, and Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said `it is like they are seeing a different, a completely different monument,`.
- Officials warn that the current unobstructed view is temporary, with new scaffolding to be reinstalled in about one month's time, and Mendoni said it will be 'lighter and aesthetically much closer to the logic of the monument.'
- Acropolis, Athens drew 4.5 million visitors in 2024, making it Greece's top tourist site, while renewed conservation of the marble Parthenon, mid 5th century B.C., continues until early summer in 2026.
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See Parthenon free of scaffolding for first time in 200 years
The stone temple in Athens, Greece, is scaffolding-free for the first time in two centuries.
After 20 years, Greece's Parthenon free of scaffolding again
ATHENS, Greece — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens' famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple.
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Chippewa HeraldScaffolding removed from Parthenon
ATHENS, Greece — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens' famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple.
The Parthenon Hasn't Looked Like This in Centuries
For the first time in at least two centuries, the Parthenon in Athens is completely clear of scaffolding on all sides, offering visitors a rare, unobstructed glance at the iconic ancient temple. The temporary reprieve comes after two decades of restoration work on the western facade, part of a much...
A new look at the Acropolis is now possible in Athens. For the first time in 50 years, travelers can marvel at the Parthenon temple without scaffolding, but for the time being only for a short time.
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