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![Athens, Greece: The Parthenon, most perfect production of Grecian architecture [showing scaffolding]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvYXRoZW5zLWdyZWVjZS10aGUtcGFydGhlbm9uLW1vc3QtcGVyZmVjdC1wcm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLWdyZWNpYW4tYXJjaGl0ZWN0dXJlLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/366/jpg "Athens, Greece: The Parthenon, most perfect production of Grecian architecture [showing scaffolding]")
![[Acropolis, Parthenon, east side, Athens, Greece]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvYWNyb3BvbGlzLXBhcnRoZW5vbi1lYXN0LXNpZGUtYXRoZW5zLWdyZWVjZS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Acropolis, Parthenon, east side, Athens, Greece]")
![[Greece - Athens - The Parthenon - far view, Mt. Lycabettus in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvZ3JlZWNlLWF0aGVucy10aGUtcGFydGhlbm9uLWZhci12aWV3LW10LWx5Y2FiZXR0dXMtaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC02NDAuanBn/40/50/webp "[Greece - Athens - The Parthenon - far view, Mt. Lycabettus in background]")
![[The Parthenon with scaffolding] [Greek and Armenian refugee children from Anatolia standing outside one-story building, near Athens, Greece] ; [Frank Carpenter with arms around a column, Greece]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvdGhlLXBhcnRoZW5vbi13aXRoLXNjYWZmb2xkaW5nLWdyZWVrLWFuZC1hcm1lbmlhbi1yZWZ1Z2VlLWNoaWxkcmVuLWZyb20tYW5hdG9saWEtZGE3MmVmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[The Parthenon with scaffolding] [Greek and Armenian refugee children from Anatolia standing outside one-story building, near Athens, Greece] ; [Frank Carpenter with arms around a column, Greece]")
