Monday, September 7, 2015
'The Enchanted Ones' or "Las Incantadas" will bring back their magic to Thessaloniki.After 151 years, following an initiative by TIF-HELEXPO, copies of the monumental statues will be exhibited to the public as of September 5, at Pavillion 3, within the framework of the 80th Thessaloniki International Fair.
The monument, named "The Enchanted Ones", was probably part of an important public building in the centre of Roman Thessaloniki, dating back to the late 2nd or early 3rd century A.D.
In 1864, French palaeography scholar Emmanuel Miller, with the permission of the Ottoman government, and despite the negative reaction of the city’s population, dismantled the monument, brutally cutting it into pieces, and transported the statues to France, where they are now on display at the Louvre Museum.
In 1864, French palaeography scholar Emmanuel Miller, with the permission of the Ottoman government, and despite the negative reaction of the city’s population, dismantled the monument, brutally cutting it into pieces, and transported the statues to France, where they are now on display at the Louvre Museum.
In 1997, a fragment of another pillar preserving part of the head and wing of a Nike was found on Rogkoti Street and is now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki.
