Thermopylae: stabilisation and restoration planned for the Phocian wall
Approved studies provide for repositioning original stones. The announcement gives no date for opening the monument to visitors.
Stabilisation and restoration of the Phocian wall at Thermopylae are being advanced by the Culture Ministry through the Ephorate of Antiquities of Phthiotis, according to its new official announcement on 2 November.
What the studies provide for
The approved studies include masonry restoration and repositioning available original material in documented locations. The aims are stability and clearer legibility of the monument, which the ministry describes as difficult to identify and inaccessible to visitors.
Visitor access is a further step
Connections with Kolonos and other points of interest form part of the wider Thermopylae presentation plan. No completion or opening date is announced; the plan does not yet amount to delivery of a new visitor route.
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