Venetian_siege_of_Acropolis.jpg


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English: Depiction of the Venetian siege of the Acropolis of Athens in 1687, during the Turkish-Venetian War. The siege resulted in the destruction of a large part of the Parthenon , which the Turks used as an ammunition storage site.
Date late 1680s
Source Morosini in Athens , from the digital edition of the Aechaeology of the city of Athens
Author Unknown Venetian engraver

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