Athens, 8 March 2022

An emblematic and highly symbolic event, dedicated to the ‘The Parthenon’s Expatriate Goddesses’, was organised by the Acropolis Museum and the Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation on Tuesday 8 March 2022, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, attended by Her Excellency the President of the Hellenic Republic, Ms Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

Under the light of the Acropolis, in the exemplary Parthenon Gallery, with leading British art historian Dr Tom Flynn as keynote speaker, a powerful global message was sent on the urgent need to return the Parthenon Marbles,