On October 6, 2023, YSMA signed a contract with the company that will carry out the project “Permanent stabilisation measures of Agrippa’s pedestal on the Acropolis of Athens”.The project, which is planned to be completed by the end of the…
One more loss, that was recorded recently, filled the Acropolis family with sadness. As we have been informed, on June 2, 2023, Miriam Caskey passed away, having just recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Miriam E. Caskey was born in Bala…
It is with deep sorrow that we were informed about the recent loss of Professor Takashi Seki, who passed away on March 16, 2023. Takashi Seki studied Archaeology and Art History at the International Christian University (Mitaka, Japan). During his…
A thorough Report was posted on the official site of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre concerning the Acropolis of Athens, a monument included in the World Heritage List since 1987 (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/404/documents/). The Report was based on the findings of a…
The Information and Education Department of the Acropolis Restoration Service on the occasion of this year’s European Cultural Heritage Days (September 23-25, 2022) with the theme: “Sustainable Cultural Heritage – Preserving Europe’s cultural heritage for the benefit of future generations”,…
The Diario de Avisos Foundation has chosen to award the TERRA Award to the Acropolis Restoration Service for the conservation and restoration works carried out on the Acropolis monuments. The TERRA Awards are a newly established institution that aims to…
The first phase of the restoration works on the Agrippa monument was completed on July 15, 2022. The monument built in the 2nd century BC on the west of the Propylaia, is not only an important example of Hellenistic architecture…
The scaffoldings that had been attached on the area B17 of the north wall were dismantled. The works completed involved the restoration of the wall in the area located next to the Propylaea and the foundations of the NW building.…
At the 7th of July YSMA welcomed the new specialised personnel, recruited and appointed to the work Restoration-Conservation-Enhancement. The work, of a 10,000,000.00€ budget, incorporated in Greece 2.0 – National Recovery and Sustainability Plan, will be implemented by the Acropolis…
The restoration works that started on the Acropolis in 2017 and were funded by the OP Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation 2014-2020 (EPANEK), will have been completed within the agreed time schedule by June 2023, despite the problems caused by covid-19.…
This application presents the Parthenon frieze, the continuous relief band running along the top part of the main temple. Τhe subject of the frieze was the Panathenaic procession in honour of the goddess Athena. The application is addressed to scholars…
The first part of the results of the current research regarding the Acropolis monuments’ polychromy is presented in the scientific study of Dr. E. Aggelakopoulou, head of the Conservation Department of the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and Associate Professor of…
In the autumn of 2020, the construction of new walkways on the Acropolis for people with mobility impairments was completed. The elaboration of the study was preceded and it was approved by the authorized councils and services of the Ministry…
The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA) was formed in 1975; it is an interdisciplinary committee, set up by the Ministry of Culture, which is responsible for designing and supervising the contemporary conservation and restoration interventions in…
Deadline extention for submiting photos in the action: The Acropolis: Focusing on the restoration #45YEARSESMA #45YEARSWORKS until the 20th of November 2020 How do visitors perceive the restoration works at the Acropolis monuments? This is the question posed by the…
Open call to participate in the photographic action entitled: The Acropolis: Focusing on the restoration #45YEARSESMA #45YEARSWORKS Duration of entries: 9/9/2020-20/10/2020 The Committee for the Conservation of the Acropolis Monuments (ESMA), an interdisciplinary committee of the Ministry of Culture responsible…
In the near future YSMA will call for the selection of a contractor, in order to remove the base of the construction crane, which in 2010 was moved to the west side of the Parthenon from the north side, where…
The Acropolis Museum, the Acropolis Conservation Committee (ESMA), the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) and the Acropolis Friends (EFA) organize an event titled “Charalambos Bouras and the Acropolis”. The event is dedicated to the memory of the academic teacher who, as…