Ancient marble quarries: Thank you for your financial support, we need €25,000 to go ahead.
The Friends of Paros and Antiparos, after holding a number of seminars and conferences on the subject, set up a new non-profit association two years ago with 5 other Paros associations – Archilochos, Marathi, the Athens Parians Association, the Paros and Antiparos Hoteliers Association and the Archaeological Institute of Paros – in association with local authorities and in liaison with the archaeological department of the Ministry of Culture.
Le but recherché est de créer un parc archéologique pour rendre au public l’histoire de ces carrières, réputées dans l’antiquité pour leur marbre. Nous vous referons à cet article qui rends compte des activités de cette nouvelle société.
The aim is to create an archaeological park to tell the story of these quarries, renowned in ancient times for their marble. We refer you to this article which reports on the activities of this new company.
Today, the first steps have been taken to acquire the land on which the old quarries are located. A number of explanatory panels have also been installed to make your visit to the site even more instructive.
But this new structure, which does not receive any public funding, needs additional funds to finance, for example, studies to check the safety of visits to the ancient quarries, to check the structural soundness of the old industrial buildings that will be used in the future to house a museum, or to finance information leaflets for the general public, and so on. To do all this today, we need €25,000.
Thank you for your support.
Please make your contribution to the following account:
Alpha Bank
Beneficiary: Friends of Paros
IBAN: GR8101406250625002002002615
Swift/Bic: CRBAGRAA
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