New Columns On The Old Temple

Last weekends trip to the Acropolis also let me have a look at the restoration works. For a geek it's always exciting to see modern work equipment on so old a structure. When we went up I joked: "It's a long time since I've been here, maybe they put up some new columns." Looks like I was almost right.

There is a big crane on train tracks right next to the Parthenon temple. Looks like they do some heavy moving. Reading from a sign I found out that they are going to restore the columns in the center part of the Parthenon. Right now there are full columns only at the ends of the building.

One big part of the restoration seems to be correcting past restorations mistakes. Parts of the columns were misplaced and misassembled. Iron fittings rusted away, has to be replaced with titanium (I hope it lasts longer than my PowerBook Ti). Concrete that was used to fill up cracks will be replaced by proper marble. More information about the works can be found at the Acropolis Restoration Project.