Siege of the Acropolis

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23. Sept. 1687 – 29. Sept. 1687

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37.97° N, 23.73° E

Description

1687 siege of the Morean War

Part of the Morean War

The siege of the Acropolis took place on 23–29 September 1687, as the Venetian forces under Francesco Morosini and Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck laid siege to the Acropolis of Athens, held by the Ottoman garrison of the city. The siege resulted in the destruction of a large part of the Parthenon, which the Ottomans used as a gunpowder store.

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