We welcome Mrs Analiudin, and legal advice but look forward to results, justice to thus great project. These PARTHENON marble are a special case of artifacts second to which the world has never known. Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin obtained a controversial permit from the Ottoman house to remove pieces from the Parthenon while serving as the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1799 to 1803. From 1801 to 1812, Elgins agents removed about half of the surviving sculptures of the Parthenon, as well as architectural members and sculpture from the Propylaea and Erechtheum. [4] The Marbles were transported by sea to Britain. In Britain, the acquisition of the collection was supported by some, [5] while some critics compared Elgins actions to vandalism[6] or looting. [7][8][9][10][11] Following a public debate in Parliament and the subsequent exoneration of Elgin, the marbles were purchased by the British government in 1816 and placed on display in the British Museum , where they stand now on view in the purpose-built Duveen Gallery . Greece condemned Elgins action to remove the Marbles from the Acropolis and the Parthenon, which is regarded as one of the worlds greatest cultural monuments. The Greek position is that the removal of the marbles from the monument is illegal, and a blatant act of vandalism against a monument of significant historical value, and regards the marbles to be stolen intellectual property . Greece urges for the return of the marbles back to their home country and has raised the issue on the international level since 1980s, with Melina Mercouri , then Minster of Culture of Greece, leading the Greek efforts for their repatriation. UNESCO agreed in 2014 to mediate between Greece and the United Kingdom in resolving the dispute of the Elgin Marbles.
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