Elinda LabropoulouAthens
The Vatican has returned three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures kept by the Vatican for centuries to Greece.
The decision to return the 2,500-year-old marbles was announced by Pope Francis last year, who described the decision as a gesture of friendship.
One of the fragments depicts the head of a boy, another the head of a horse, and the third the head of a bearded man.
The head of a bearded man pictured on display at the Acropolis Museum. Credit: Acropolis Museum
They were unveiled at a ceremony at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, an exhibition space built purposely to house the Parthenon Marbles.
Greek officials highlighted that the return of the fragments was a step to the further return of Parthenon sculptures, primarily referring to the much bigger collection held in the British Museum that Greece has been trying to recover for decades.
The two countries have been at odds over sculptures removed from the fifth-century BC temple by Lord Elgin,…
2023-03-25 08:45:56
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