Editing Parthenon (section)

===Dispute over the marbles===
{{Main|Elgin Marbles}}
The dispute centres around those of the Parthenon Marbles removed by Elgin, which are in the [[British Museum]].<ref name=":1" /> A few sculptures from the Parthenon are also in the [[Louvre]] in Paris, in [[Copenhagen]], and elsewhere, while more than half are in the [[Acropolis Museum]] in Athens.<ref name="Br" /><ref name="BrIT">[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/europe/EU_GEN_Greece_Acropolis_Museum.php Greek Premier Says New Acropolis Museum to Boost Bid for Parthenon Sculptures], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221053500/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/09/europe/EU_GEN_Greece_Acropolis_Museum.php|date=21 February 2007}}, International Herald Tribune.</ref> A few can still be seen on the building itself.  In 1983, the [[Greek government]] formally asked the UK government to return the sculptures in the British Museum to Greece, and subsequently listed the dispute with [[UNESCO]]. The British Museum has consistently refused to return the sculptures,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Parthenon sculptures: The Trustees' statement |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/parthenon-sculptures-trustees-statement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122014500/https://www.britishmuseum.org/parthenon-sculptures-trustees-statement |archive-date=22 November 2019 |access-date=24 January 2020 |publisher=The British Museum}}</ref> and successive British governments have been unwilling to force the museum to do so (which would require legislation). In 2021, UNESCO called upon the UK government to resolve the issue at the intergovernmental level.<ref name=":202">{{Cite web |date=September 2021 |title=Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of Origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation Twenty-Second SessionParis, UNESCO Headquarters, Room XI27-29 September 2021DECISIONS |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379856/PDF/379856eng.pdf.multi |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=UNESCO}}</ref> Discussions between UK and Greek officials are ongoing.<ref name=":172">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Helena |date=3 December 2022 |title=Greece in 'preliminary' talks with British Museum about Parthenon marbles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/03/greece-in-preliminary-talks-with-british-museum-about-parthenon-marbles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208001447/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/03/greece-in-preliminary-talks-with-british-museum-about-parthenon-marbles |archive-date=8 December 2023 |access-date=4 December 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name=":212">{{cite news |date=4 January 2023 |title=British Museum says in 'constructive' discussions over Parthenon marbles |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/british-museum-says-constructive-discussions-over-parthenon-marbles-2023-01-04/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201112458/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/british-museum-says-constructive-discussions-over-parthenon-marbles-2023-01-04/ |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

Four pieces of the sculptures have been repatriated to Greece: 3 from the Vatican, and 1 from a museum in Sicily.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=16 December 2022 |title=Pope returns Greece's Parthenon Sculptures in ecumenical nod |url=https://ictnews.org/outside/pope-returns-greeces-parthenon-sculptures-in-ecumenical-nod |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=ICT News |language=en |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710201544/https://ictnews.org/outside/pope-returns-greeces-parthenon-sculptures-in-ecumenical-nod |url-status=live }}</ref>