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Criticism of decision to cement the Acropolis
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Acropolis now: Greeks outraged at concreting of ancient site
An online petition signed by 3,500 people calls for the concrete pathways to the Acropolis to be removed. Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/EPA
An online petition signed by 3,500 people calls for the concrete pathways to the Acropolis to be removed. Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/EPA
Installation of new pathway and lift has been criticised by archaeologists and called ‘a scandal’
Thu 10 Jun 2021 00.00 EDT
When seen through the eyes of Manolis Korres, the architect who has long presided over the restoration of the Parthenon, the Acropolis needs no improvement at all.
In the face of such architectural mastery, he thinks of himself more as a maestro of order, making a monument that has survived explosions, fire, looting and earthquakes more understandable to the public.