Parthenon’s Western Facade Restored - Archaeology Magazine
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Parthenon’s Western Facade Restored - Archaeology Magazine
ATHENS, GREECE—ArtNet News reports that the pediment on top of the Parthenon’s western facade has been restored, and the scaffolding removed, after eight years of work. “Today we are talking about the completion of an extremely demanding restoration intervention, thanks to which the west pediment of the Parthenon is being presented in its fullest form in some 220 years,” said Lina Mendoni, Greece’s Culture Minister. “The sight is truly breathtak…
The reconstruction of one of the Parthenon pediments in Athens has been completed. Tourists can now see the ancient temple in a way it hasn't been seen for about 220 years. The missing parts of the western pediment have been replaced with marble from which the iconic sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Athena was built.
Buenos Aires, 23 June (NA) - The western façade of the Parthenon of Athens, in Greece, can be appreciated in its most complete form of the last 220 years, after the restoration of the western pediment of the temple was completed and the definitive removal of an external scaffolding that concealed a good part of it. “Today we contemplate the western pediment of the Parthenon as we had not seen it in two centuries. It is a moment of historical imp…
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