{"id":11580,"date":"2026-06-18T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11580"},"modified":"2026-06-18T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:31:00","slug":"lina-mendoni-the-parthenon-with-its-western-pediment-now-revealed-showcases-its-geometric-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11580","title":{"rendered":"Lina Mendoni: The Parthenon, with its western pediment now revealed, showcases its geometric perfection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Parthenon<\/strong> and the completion of the restoration of the monument\u2019s west pediment, <b>Minister of Culture<\/b>, <strong>Lina Mendoni<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Minister of Culture stated that, following the final removal of the scaffolding, <b>our Parthenon now reveals its geometric perfection<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Ms. <b>Mendoni <\/b>, responding to a question about <b>whether she has any reservations regarding new digital applications or ways of presenting the sculptures<\/b> from now on, revealed that in the old <b>Acropolis Museum<\/b>, which is set to reopen in the fall of this year, 2026, <b>there will be a space where, with the help of cutting-edge technologies and Artificial Intelligence<\/b>, visitors will be able to view various sections of the <b>Parthenon<\/b> in detail.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether this restoration strengthens Greece\u2019s claim for the <b>reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures<\/b>, the Minister of Culture told ertnews that:\u00a0<strong>\u201cAnything concerning the Sacred Rock and especially the Parthenon indirectly supports [reunification].\u201d<\/strong> \u201cBecause everyone now realizes that Greek academic experts and the Ministry of Culture of the Hellenic Republic have invested and continue to invest everything in these world-class monuments. Therefore, all these arguments\u2014which are occasionally voiced by the British side as well\u2014that the sculptures will not receive the same care as they do now\u2014they do not, may I make this comment?\u2014at the British Museum, are automatically refuted,\u201d explained Ms. <b>Mendoni<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Ms. <b>Mendoni<\/b><i> <\/i>noted that the <b>Ministry of Culture<\/b> has been implementing approximately <strong>900 projects throughout the country from 2019 to the present, and when asked what else <\/strong>we should expect immediately after the inaugurations in Mystras, Pervola on Rhodes, and the Parthenon, she noted <strong>that Tatoi is next.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Culture Minister Lina Mendoni spoke about the Parthenon and the completion of the restoration of the monument\u2019s west pediment.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}