Lord Elgin Hotel

... Kingston, antigua capital de Canadá.  Almuerzo buffet opcional. Continuación hacia Ottawa. Alojamiento. A Lord Elgin (Primera), 2 noche(s) B CAPITAL HILL HOTEL&SUITES (Turista Sup.), 2 noche(s)88 Albert Street, Ottawa, ...

... The friezes and metopes were actually in better shape, but these too had been damaged. This damage, however, arose as a result of Lord Elgin's ransacking of the Acropolis from 1801 - 1804 when he brought back to London one whole caryatid (a large female ...

... Parthenon’s artwork (freestanding statues and relief pieces) that survived the explosion and fire at the building in 1687. Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, arranged with the Ottoman governor of Athens to purchase the artwork ...

... them behind and pass by the exquisite Erechtheion with the Porch of the Caryatids (maidens). One of the caryatids was removed by Lord Elgin in order to decorate his Scottish mansion, and was later sold to the British Museum (with the Elgin Marbles from ...

... through all the Egyptian rooms (I took a picture with the Rosetta Stone), through the Assyrian Rooms (WOW!!!), through Greece with Lord Elgin's marbles which was a massive section. I stood at one end of the room looking down at them and just marvelling ...

... located, as well as some history of the Parthenon and its destruction first by fire, then by explosion, and then the looting by Lord Elgin (which seems to be noted in many places, the Athenians must be eager for the return of those items!)  They ...

... you remember. Anyway, it is still controversial today but I guess by doing it the artefacts have stayed in fantastic condition. Lord Elgin and his team went through the whole area of the Parthenon and took sculptures and statues and boards of marble that ...

... There was a small brochure available in the gallery that outlines the Museum’s position on them.  They say that if Lord Elgin had not taken them they probably would have been stolen or vandalized and that he had the permission of the ...

... did check out the Rosetta Stone and loads of reliefs and the Elgin marbles/chunks of the Parthenon that one Lord Elgin ''preseved'' (translation: stole) from Greece and some pretty rockin' mummies to boot. We are now successfully checked into the ...

... , funny cockroach cricket things, and finally the Greek capital (at)! Lots more piles of old stones were admired. Greeks not happy about Lord Elgin`s exploits here, but we`re sure he saved that lot from the dodgy greeks who `stole` 65 Euros off us for the ...

... then walked  around the hill to the Acropolis museum which is very well done – complete with digs at the British museum and Lord Elgin for taking so much back to Britain. After Goody’s for lunch (we had to try the local fast food chain) ...

... I popped inside where there were a couple of nice stained glass windows and that was about it. Behind the church is a memorial to Lord Elgin who was a Viceroy of India and next to it was a sign saying that it was a national protected monument. I've seen ...

... the friezes on the pediments were put on the exterior where they could be seen. Controversially many are in the British Museum, donated by Lord Elgin, which is ok for us as we have seen them, but a bit annoying for the Greeks. Each side of the Parthenon ...

... virgin's apartment"?  And the final destruction took place at the beginning of the 19th century when the British ambassador, Lord Elgin, stole the decorations and sold them to the British Museum where they are still exhibited... Next we took off ...

... , multitudes of classical Greek and Roman statues. The British still have most of the statues that were on the Parthenon, but Lord Elgin had them removed. The Greek government are still waiting for the return of these artefacts The Acropolis is near the ...

... Esfahan was a pleasant respite from the smog and dust of Tehran, if 'very' touristy (and therefore expensive). Once again feeling like Lord Elgin we turned down the offer of some 'rather nice' mosaic tiles from a workman 'renovating' a section of the huge ...

... . Consequently these valuable artefacts were slung into the basement of the Louvre and have only recently been re-assembled and put on display. Lord Elgin eat your heart out!! On the 3rd day we were there a Brit boat - "Full Flight" - appeared next to ...

... with the British Museum in London for the return of what are arguably the greatest remaining fragments and artwork from the site, which Lord Elgin boxed up and sent to England to protect them from looters.  That may have been a rationalization for ...

... Northern Line. Then I walked to Russell Square. The entire area was cordoned off, and policemen were everywhere. When I showed them my hotel reservation they showed me how to get to the hotel. Along the way I saw some flyers for people still missing after ...