Wednesday, September 26, 2007
This Day in the History of Nearly Lost Masterpieces
On this day in 1687, a Venetian mortar shell hits and ignites several barrels of Turkish gunpowder being stored in the Parthenon in Athens, causing a lot of damage to a very beautiful building.
Labels: Parthenon Blown Up
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 12:04 AM 
