The Fagan fragment is permanently returned to the Acropolis Museum

The Fagan fragment is no longer an orphan, a sign of a cut, of a shred.

“The Fagan fragment is no longer an orphan, a sign of a cut, of a shred. Because the Parthenon is not a corpus Christi, which was dismembered as you receive. It is a body that demands its union, a request of the world community “, said the general director of the Acropolis Museum

The final reunion of the “Fagan fragment” from the A. Salinas Museum in Palermo to the eastern frieze of the Parthenon at the Acropolis Museum is now a fact. With a moving event, which took place last night in the hall of the Parthenon, in the presence ofMinister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoniof the general Director of the Acropolis Museum, Professor Nikolaos Stampolidis and Chairman of the Board Dimitris Pantermalisas well as Italian high-ranking guests, completed the “journey” of the final reunion of the fragment where it will remain forever: in the eastern frieze of the Parthenon from which it had been removed.

«The process followed by the Government of Sicily and the Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic for the final repatriation of the Fagan fragment shows the clear and moral path to the return of the Parthenon SculpturesHe said the Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni, shortly before the final placement of the fragment in the frieze of the Parthenon. Describing yesterday as “historic”,

Ms. Mendoni noted:

“Today is the beginning, a beginning of historical proportions. Today completes an effort that was discussed at times in the past and always ended in a dead end. This effort took a substantial and concrete form in January 2022, when after many months of friendly consultations an agreement was reached between the Autonomous Government of Sicily and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Hellenic Republic, so the Fagan fragment was deposited in the Acropolis Museum to regulate by the Ministry of Culture of the Italian Republic to allow the permanent return of the sculpture to Athens», stressed the Minister of Culture.