ACROPOLIS IN DANGER
FOUNDATIONS SAPPED ATHENS. February'2s. Specialists in architecture and construction were hastily mobilised in Athens to-day to save the .'esthetic treasure the Acropolis from the greatest menace of destruction since ancient times. Torrential rainfall during a recent storm has laid bare the whole block of foundations and revealed that for centuries they have been insidiously sapped by the forces of Nature. "Conservation work was begun at once, and a committee of experts is preparing a far-reaching plan for the harmless disposal of rain water which may in future cascade off the Parthenon, bathe the Caryatides, or patter against the Propylean gate. [On the Acropolis, a hill just outside Athens, are the ruins of ancient buildings which are regarded as the world’s most perfect pieces of architecture. Erected in the b.c. period, most of them were ruined in a Venetian bombardment in 1687.]
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Evening Star, Issue 21667, 12 March 1934, Page 6
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144ACROPOLIS IN DANGER Evening Star, Issue 21667, 12 March 1934, Page 6
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