It is true that what belongs to Athens should be in Athens, but somehow the way things happened, history is being shared and preserved in the great cities of the world.
It seems that Turkey does not have the document that approved that sale to Elgin, who had to sell the marbles to the British government because he went bankrupt. The story of the transfer of these pieces to London must have been an odyssey.
Anyway, I don't think the UK and Greece have bad relations and I have read that the idea of "lending" the collection to its original owners has been contemplated. Crazy... Hahaha... How sad that there always has to be a conflict. Hopefully everything will be resolved in the best possible way.
How great that you were able to be there in such a beautiful place full of history.
I look forward to the next post.
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True, the legality of the Ottoman permission to Elgin has been questioned, but we've gone beyond that stage now. The two countries are hardly going to war over the marble, but it does make relations a little tricky, the topic is bound to be raised whenever there is some type of official meeting. Let see if they can sort out something...