The Night the Parthenon Blew Apart
On the evening of September 26, 1687, a Venetian mortar shell struck an Ottoman gunpowder store inside the Parthenon, shattering the 2,000-year-old temple.
On the evening of September 26, 1687, a Venetian mortar shell struck an Ottoman gunpowder store inside the Parthenon, shattering the 2,000-year-old temple.