GREECE ARCHAEOLOGY PARTHENON FRAGMENTS

Pope Francis to return three fragments, part of the decorative sculpture of the Parthenon

epa10368932 A handout photo made available by the Athens Acropolis Museum on 16 December 2022 shows one of the three frieze and metope Parthenon fragments, a head of a horse that comes from the west front of the building, on which Athena and Poseidon were shown competing for dominion over Attica; the fragment here has been identified as the fourth horse pulling Athena's chariot. Pope Francis has decided to return three fragments of the Parthenon sculptures which have been held in the Vatican museums, in the form of a "donation" to the head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos II. The three fragments of Pentelic marble, which came into the Vatican in the 19th century, are part of the decorative sculpture of the Parthenon, the temple built on the Acropolis at Athens by Pericles (447-432 B.C.). The figurative decoration of the temple is the creative genius of the Athenian sculptor, Phidias. EPA/ATHENS ACROPOLIS MUSEUM HANDOUT HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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