“The return of a fragment of the frieze of the Parthenon to Greece and to the Acropolis Museum, is initiated with the introduction, for the legal opinion of the Central Archaeological Council, at its next meeting. This is the fragment of the stone VI of the eastern frieze of the Parthenon (N.I. 1546), which is located in the Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas in Palermo, Italy “, the Ministry of Culture and Sports clarified in a statement, after a question from journalists about content of the item no. 27 of the Agenda of the meeting no. 48 of the KAS, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
As the announcement of the Ministry of Culture and Sports continues, “provided the positive opinion of the Central Archaeological Council, the fragment is planned to reach the Acropolis Museum within 2021, with the process of long-term borrowing. In return, Greece will provide the Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas with a headless statue of Athena, which will then be replaced by a protogeometric vase. The two ancient works borrowed from the Acropolis Museum will not be exhibited at the Palermo Museum at the same time, but will be rotated. “Under Italian law, the duration of the counter-loan is four plus four years.”
“Communication between the Sicilian regional government and the Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni, as well as between the two museums, for the long-term borrowing of the fragment began in January 2021”, the same announcement concludes.
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