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Pope Francis returns the 2,500-year-old sculptures of the Parthenon to Greece

2022-12-19 17:49:49Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Pope Francis returns the 2,500-year-old sculptures of the Parthenon to Greece
Pope Francis returns the Parthenon sculptures to Greece

Pope Francis has decided to return to Greece three 2,500-year-old parts of the Parthenon, which have been in the papal collections of the Vatican Museum for more than a century.

The Vatican said in a brief statement Friday that the pope was giving them to Ieronymos II, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, as a gesture of ecumenical dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church, CNN reports .

The Parthenon, which is located on the Acropolis in Athens, was completed in the fifth century BC as a temple to the goddess Athena, and its decorative friezes contain some of the greatest examples of ancient Greek sculpture.

Pope Francis returns the 2,500-year-old sculptures of the Parthenon to Greece
One of the pieces depicts the head of the horse that pulled Athena's chariot.

According to the Vatican Museums website, one piece is the head of the horse that was pulling Athena's chariot on the west side of the building. The others are from the head of a boy and from the head of a bearded man.

They have been in the Vatican since the 19th century. The pieces are being returned to Greece as London and Athens continue to fight over the so-called Elgin Marbles.

Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni expressed her gratitude to Pope Francis "for the generous decision", saying in a statement that she supports the government's efforts to return the marbles from the British Museum.

Pope Francis returns the 2,500-year-old sculptures of the Parthenon to Greece
One of three pieces shown in an undated photo from the Vatican Museum.

Greece has repeatedly demanded the permanent return of the 2,500-year-old sculptures, which British diplomat Lord Elgin removed from the Parthenon temple in the early 19th century when he was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Greece's then ruler.

The British Museum has always ruled out returning the marbles, which comprise about half of the 160-metre (525-foot) frieze that adorned the Parthenon, and insists they were bought legally.

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