Free view: Greece's famed Parthenon clear of scaffolding for first time in decades

By&nbspEuronews Greece&nbspwith&nbspTokunbo Salako

Published on 12/10/2025 - 18:53 GMT+2

For nan first clip successful 2 decades, Athenians and group visiting nan Greek superior now person a clear position of nan Parthenon, free from scaffolding.

Supports erected for conservation activity 20 years agone on nan 5th period B.C temple's occidental façade person now been taken down, allowing an uncluttered position of nan UNESCO World Heritage site.

Iron structures inevitably hid definite specifications and altered nan artistic acquisition connected nan Holy Rock.

The removal of nan equipment, however, is impermanent and is expected to past until November.

More modern, but much discreet, scaffolding will return arsenic it is basal to proceed nan attraction and restoration useful of nan unsocial monument, which are expected to beryllium completed successful outpouring 2026.

The Acropolis is by acold nan astir celebrated tourer attraction successful Greece. About 4.5 cardinal visitors visited it successful 2024, according to ELSTAT.