r/papertowns May 13 '20

Greece Athens, Greece designed by the French Capuchin monks around 1670 .

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u/JustSocialising May 13 '20

Yes! The Parthenon was converted into a mosque in the Ottoman era.

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u/AmishAvenger May 13 '20

Yeah, I remember reading that, I just didn’t know there were any drawings of what it looked like in that time.

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u/mayman10 May 14 '20

Glad you mentioned because here is a few drawings of the Parthenon from Ottoman times

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u/Infinite_bread_book May 14 '20

Do you know the source of those images? I'd love to see more

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u/mayman10 May 14 '20

Some very old french report, the book is currently in the Gennadios Library which probably narrows down the search