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Odeon of Herod Atticus

·         The project “RESTORATION, CONSERVATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF THE ODEON OF HEROD ATTICUS AND THE STOA OF EUMENES AT THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE ACROPOLIS" was included in the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) in September 2011.

·         The budget for the works for the period 2011-2015 amounts to € 850,000.

·         The works are carried out following the approved studies by the Central Archaeological Council.

·         The works planned at the Herodium as included in the NSRF are the following:

1.       Restoration of the eastern passage by placing three rows of seats of new Pentelic marble, which in addition to the monument’s morphological and structural rehabilitation will also be of practical use during the Athens Festival performances.

2.       Reinforcement and restoring of parts of the facades of the Eastern and Western front wall of the auditorium that are dilapidated. Their reinforcement will include fillings with new aktitis stone from Piraeus in the missing sections and the gaps resulting from removals during older works, which were using materials other than those used in the ancient buildings.

3.       Reinforcement and restoring of three decayed arches on the auditorium’s perimeter wall by filling the arches and the respective parts of walls to restore continuity and to ensure stability.

4.       Conservation of the ancient seats of the auditorium by removing old mortar, surface cleaning and sealing of cracks.

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