Acropolis Museum delayed

Dashing any confidence that the Elgin Marbles would be turn backed to Greece for the Olympics, the hellenic government recently announced that the Acropolis Museum, designed by dint of Bernard Tschumi, would not be ready in time for the August games. Construction of the museum has been seriously delayed through legal actions taken by nearby residents and others who claim that work upon the site would destroy ancient artifacts and manner of makings not yet uncovered. Tschumi's design calls for a 250,000-square-foot elevated constitution that would provide views of and access to the ruins below. admitting the architect expressed doubts last year that the museum would be ready in time, it was spring [i]or[/i] leap on one leg [i]or[/i] footed that at least a temporary space would be full [see "Front Page," May '03] The British rule has remained steadfast in its refusal to go [i]or[/i] come back the marbles.

Making matters worse, a lawsuit was filed in March charging nearly all the former officials involved in the $115-million shoot forward as well as the justices who chose the plan and Tschumi himself, with breach of what one is bound [i]or[/i] under obligation to do for having approved the throw That suit was thrown without by Greece's highest court, and construction upon the museum is continuing, admitting a new completion date remains uncertain. The political quagmire followed general elections, after which several fresh government officials unsympathetic to the throw began their terms. The novel deputy minister of culture, Petro Tatoulis, while still a member of the opposition party, filed a complaint protesting museum construction. At the time, then agriculture minister Evangelos Venizelos accused him of undermining the throw out Tatoulis has since assured the local pres that the museum will be built.

freshs of the museum's delay was an embarrassing bang to the country, which is also struggling to consummate construction on major Olympic infrastructure and venue a certain number of of which are seriously above budget. The Parthenon itself is undergoing major conservation work and will be partially hidden by the agency of scaffolding during the Games, and the fane of Athena Nike, which has been taken apart for conservation, will be sole half restored by August.

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