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Pope to return 3 archeological remains of Parthenon to Greece

December 17, 2022, 4:48 pm

<p><em>Pope Francis (Anadolu)</em></p>

Pope Francis (Anadolu)

VATICAN – Pope Francis ordered on Friday to return the three archeological remains of the Parthenon temple in Athens.

The Vatican said the pope decided to return the remains, which have been in the Vatican Museum collection for more than a century to the Archbishop of Greece “as a concrete sign of a sincere desire to continue on the ecumenical journey of witness to the truth.”

Vatican Radio reported that the marble fragments of the Parthenon’s decorative sculptures arrived in Rome by unknown means in the 19th century.

The Parthenon, as described by Encyclopedia Britannica, is a temple that dominates the hill of the Acropolis at Athens.

It was built in the mid-5th century BCE and dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena Parthenos (“Athena the Virgin”). (Anadolu)

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