Siege of the Acropolis

Name: Siege of the Acropolis
Start: 1687-09-23
End: 1687-09-29

23 Sep 1687 – 29 Sep 1687 · 37.97° N, 23.73° E

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When: 23 Sep 1687 – 29 Sep 1687
Kind: Siege
Coordinates: 37.97° N, 23.73° E
Description: 1687 siege of the Morean War

Siege of the Acropolis (1687)

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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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