In 1687, when Venetian forces that were part of a Holy League against the Ottoman Empire raided Athens, the Ottomans converted the Parthenon into an ammunition store as well as a shelter for women ...

Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon. British Museum, London Photograph by Josse/Scala, Florence In 1687, during a war fought between Venice and the Ottomans, the great monument was ...

The cause of the Parthenon marbles was therefore both personal ... whose roof was blown off by the Venetians in 1687, would be impossible. But within this spacious museum building, visible from ...