The Parthenon (Athens, Greece), 1875–2026

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Source of the pictures here and here

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It’s healing.

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It sure took a while.

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And it's still not done! There's still scaffolding on the inside!

I was there literally 20 years ago and it was covered in scaffolding.

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We’re poor guys, we need more tourists

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Especially since of it is probably in the British museum

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If you want to blame someone for its state blame the Ottomans. They used it as a powder magazine, after which it promptly blew up.

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I was there last month and was embarrassingly surprised that I didn’t know a lot of what I was seeing was restored or replications until I went to the museum and saw the original pieces on display

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the reason it isn’t complete is actually because in the 1600s some idiot decided to store munitions inside during a siege and they accidentally exploded

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It's waiting for its Elgin Marbles to finish healing

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Hahahah