New Acropolis Museum architect says Elgin Marbles should be ... by Athens in greece

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:03:18 -0500

New Acropolis Museum architect says Elgin Marbles should be ...

by Athens in greece @ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:03:18 -0500
The museum officially opens on June 20 and is Greece's answer to the British argument that there's nowhere in its capital to house the Elgin Marbles, the sculptures taken from the Parthenon's frieze to the British Museum. ... Now, as visitors wind their way amid the freestanding statues of gods, fragments and busts, there's only outlines of the modern city and the apartment terraces just meters away. Tschumi calls them “the ghosts of Athens.” ...