WebDec 16, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis has decided to return to Greece three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon that have been in the papal collections of the Vatican Museums for more than a ... WebMar 8, 2024 · The Vatican previously announced plans to return the sculptures in December, shortly after Pope Francis met with Ieronymos II — the archbishop of Athens and Greece, …
The Pope Returns Three Parthenon Sculptures to Greece
WebMar 7, 2024 · The Vatican Museums gave Greece three 2,500-year-old pieces of the Parthenon on Tuesday and the Greek ... a century and Pope Francis ordered their return last December. The pope has donated ... WebDec 16, 2024 · 12/16/2024. After more than 200 years at the Vatican Museum, fragments of Athens' Parthenon temple may soon return home to Greece. Advertisement. The Roman … the peripheral finale recap
Pope Francis orders return to Greece of Parthenon sculptures held …
WebNov 8, 2008 · The Vatican had not previously acceded to Greek appeals to return the Parthenon carvings in its collection. At the handover of the head on Wednesday Giandomenico Spinola, the head of the Vatican museums' classical antiquities department, could not say for certain whether the loan of the sculpture would be extended, or whether … WebMar 28, 2024 · In a statement by the Vatican last December, Pope Francis wanted to donate the pieces to Archbishop Ieronymos “as a concrete sign of the desire to continue the … WebDec 16, 2024 · VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis will send back to Greece the three fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures that the Vatican Museums have held for two centuries, in the … the peripheral episode synopsis