Alhambra Palace Frieze Fragment is Returned
February 4 2021
Picture: zenger.news
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A reader has alerted me to the news that a fragment of an ancient frieze has been returned to the Alhambra Palace in Spain. The fragment was returned by the heirs of the travel writer and explorer Richard Ford. Ford had travelled in the region during 1830-33 and had later written a widely published handbook for travelling in Spain. It is not known exactly how Ford acquired the piece, but his descendants seemed to have decided it's better that the Palace had this ancient carving returned to them.
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