Athens, Greece-artnet news It is reported that after eight years of work, the pediment at the top of the western facade of the Parthenon has been restored, and the scaffolding has been removed. “Today we are talking about the completion of an extremely demanding restoration intervention, thanks to which the western floor of the Parthenon is being presented in its complete form in almost 220 years,” said Lina Mendoni, Greece’s Minister of Culture. “The view is truly breathtaking,” he said. Dedicated to Athena in the fifth century BCThe Parthenon was used as a treasury, Christian church, mosque and was damaged by a bomb in the seventeenth century. Many of its sculptures were removed from Greece in the nineteenth century. Restoration efforts in the twentieth century have focused on repairing previous damage, including damage caused by previous restoration work. A slab added to the western pediment is composed of two ancient stone fragments joined with marble recently quarried from Mount Pentelicus. A second large slab of Pentelic marble was used to complete the pediment. For more information about the Parthenon, visit “acropolis of athens“
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