When was acropolis rebuilt

Just this month, writes Paula Tsoni for the Greek Reporter , a man using a wheelchair fell and injured his face while traversing the renovated site, prompting renewed criticism that the paths do not adequately meet standard accessibility criteria.

The online news site Television Without Borders has compiled a list of additional complaints against the new site, including too-sleep slopes for wheelchair users, a lack of handrails and no easy-access parking spots for people with disabilities. Speaking with Greek newspaper Avgi , per a translation by the Greek Reporter , the president of the Greek Archaeologists Union, Despina Koutsoumba , condemned the renovations.

The ancient Greeks famously incorporated bright, bold colors into their statues and temples, but this paint often wore off over the centuries, leaving only marble. It was only during the Renaissance and after that European scholars perpetuated the popular misconception that ancient artists carved exclusively in shades of white, as historian Sarah E.

Lengthy discussions take place over the tiniest interventions on stones that, over a span of 25 centuries, have survived fire, bombshells, looting and earthquakes.

Nikos Toganides, the engineer heading the preservation works on the Parthenon, said: "You never know what you're going to find. Things crop up. It's unpredictable work and that makes the whole process a lot slower. But, say architects, it is the row over funding that is slowing them down most. He added that he had not been paid for the past three months. Psychologically, it disrupts the flow of work and makes things a lot harder if people don't know when the next lot of money is coming.

This month, two of the Parthenon's most experienced marble carvers will retire. But conservationists insist it is vital to keep the works going uninterrupted. Restorers are working round the clock to replace with non-corrosive titanium rods the thousands of rusting iron clamps that were installed in an earlier misguided attempt to strengthen the temples. The furore has got many experts wondering whether the time has come to allow private sponsorship of the work.

Until now, the idea has been rejected on the grounds that only Greek officialdom should deal with a monument of such grave importance to the country.

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