The day the Parthenon is Blown Up

It is 335 years to the day since an explosion ripped apart the Parthenon on the evening of September 26 1687. Drawing by Mannolis Korres).The Athenian temple was partly destroyed on 26 September 1687. The 15-year ‘Great Turkish War’, an effort to oppose the expansion of the Ottoman Empire into Europe, was made up of many more minor conflicts, including the Morean War between Venice and the Ottomans, in which the future Venetian doge and fêted Captain-General Francesco Morosini was… Source

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