A fragment from an ancient column in the Leonidaion at Ancient Olympia that had been illegally removed in the 1960s was returned to Greece in a repatriation ceremony as a woman from M\u00fcnster, Germany, returned the fragment more than 50 years after it was removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The National Herald<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a fragment of an Ionic column, made of limestone, which preserves some plaster in places\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Leonidaion, named after its donor Leonidas of Naxos, is located outside Altes\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The repatriation of the capital was made possible thanks to the sensitivity and courage of a German woman\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The voluntary handover of the fragment of the column is now part of the long chain of similar actions in recent years\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fragment from an ancient column in the Leonidaion at Ancient Olympia that had been illegally removed in the 1960s was returned to Greece in a repatriation ceremony as a woman from M\u00fcnster, Germany, returned the fragment more than 50 … Continue reading