Extract from a speech at the Cultural Center of The Region of Central Macedonia 26/1/2012
by niktheo | March 9, 2015 4:01 pm
35 years after my first visit to the Acropolis, the Acropolis Restoration Service (YSMA) trusted our family business with the sculpting of nine drums and the creation of two triglyphs and two cornices in final form for the restoration of the Parthenon.
Signing the contract I could hardly keep my tears. The whole process that involved the sculpting of the drums, their transport in Athens, their lifting in the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis and their final acceptance by the technicians of the Acropolis was one of the most important periods of my life. A period of hard work charged with mixed feelings of excitement, pride, tension, anxiety and great agony. Great agony for the final result. Because for someone to achieve on Pentelic marble the absolute accuracy of the drums and the artistic details of cornices and triglyphs requires capacity, knowledge, patience, persistence and a lot of ‘madness’.
The implementation of the strict technical specifications of the Parthenon is mainly due to my son Konstantinos, who was watching closely the sculptors at all stages of processing with much patience and thoroughness.
We consider our participation in the restoration of the Parthenon as a major honour and every action taken was accompanied by awe for the sanctity of our mission.
E.F.
Από ομιλία στο πολιτιστικό κέντρο της περιφέρειας κεντρικής Μακεδονίας 26/1/2012[5]
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- Από ομιλία στο πολιτιστικό κέντρο της περιφέρειας κεντρικής Μακεδονίας 26/1/2012: http://www.eeegacropolis.gr/gallery/%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C-%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF-%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C-%CE%BA%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82
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