The Parthenon Marbles In Greece

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Each country has the right to preserve its history, that is sensible. From the possible human and logical point of view, the true owners of the great artwork no matter where they are now, are the people who built them. In addition, the natural framework of any work, enhances its majesty, if a piece is Greek it is because speak of Greek culture and the past of the nation, therefore must belong to it, especially thinking that there is a museum on the Acropolis where they will be perfectly maintained and exposed. But in the case of the Parthenon marbles for years the Greeks neglected them and they are part of their heritage. Now the marbles are consolidated in one of the most extraordinary collections in the world and more necessary today to understand

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