File:Venetian siege of Acropolis.jpg

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English: Depiction of the Venetian siege of the Acropolis of Athens in 1687, during the Turkish-Venetian War. The siege resulted in the destruction of a large part of the Parthenon, which the Turks used as an ammunition storage site.
Date late 1680s
Source Morosini in Athens, from the digital edition of the Aechaeology of the city of Athens
Author Unknown Venetian engraver

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