UNESCO’s Goodwill Ambassador Marianna Vardinoyannis launches an international campaign for the reunification of Parthenon Sculptures, an initiative realized by the Marianna Vardinoyannis Foundation in cooperation with the Melina Mercouri Foundation.

According to Vardinoyannis, who on Tuesday held a press conference at the Acropolis Museum, the campaign entitled “Return (the marbles), Restore (Parthenon), Restart (history)” aims at the continuation and intensification of the effort so that parts of the Parthenon Sculptures which are now in the British Museum can be returned to Greece and the unity and integrity of Sculptures of the Parthenon, the greatest monument of cultural heritage, can be restored.

The first step of the campaign is the international meeting “The Parthenon, the integrity of a monument-symbol, the role of citizens, an international campaign” to be held on Thursday, June 26 at the Acropolis Museum. The second one is to conduct the first nationwide survey on how important the return of the Marbles is for the Greek people while the third step is the submission of the file with the conclusions of the meeting and the survey to UNESCO.