Palermo Fragment

The Palermo fragment is a 2,500 years old marble sculpture fragment of the foot and dress of the ancient Greek goddess Artemis. [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2008/09/24/parthenon-marble-italy.html?ref=rss]

The Palermo fragment was taken by Lord Elgin from the Parthenon in the early 19th century and given to the British Consul to Sicily in 1816. [http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h8CB4km-01Y4Ta3mxs6P0Z7hMzSA] For the past two centuries, the fragment has been kept at the Salinas Archaeological Museum in Palermo. [http://www.xpatathens.com/news/18806] Greece's 13-year campaign for the return of the fragment finally ended on September 24, 2008, when Italian President Giorgio Napolitano delivered the fragment to Athens. [http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE48N4PU20080924] It is anticipated that the move will strengthen Greece's request for the British Museum to return the Elgin Marbles. [http://culturalpropertylaw.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/italy-returns-missing-foot-to-greece/]

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