Maintenance Works: Parthenon Temple

maintenance works: The U.S. president lingered at the base of the Parthenon, gazing up at the columns and glancing around at the panoramic view of Athens as he chatted with his guide, Eleni Banou of the Culture Ministry antiquities division, according to Guelph Mercury. The 5th Century B.C. Parthenon temple is surrounded these days by scaffolding as part of maintenance works. Obama entered the complex through the Propylaea, the monumental gateway that serves as an entrance to the site, and walked along the Parthenon temple, which was dedicated to the goddess Athena, considered the patron god of the city of Athens. The entire site was closed to the public for the day for Obama visit, which has taken place amid draconian security measures that have also banned demonstrations in parts of Athens, and shut down roads and subway stations. It has pinned its hopes on him persuading some of the financially stricken country more reluctant international creditors to grant debt relief, as well as pressuring other European countries to share more of the burden of the continent refugee crisis. Greece government has hailed Obama visit the first official visit of a sitting U.S. president since a 1999 trip here by Bill Clinton as being of massive importance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.