Curious Tales and Oddities From History

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Re: Curious Tales and Oddities From History

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http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/acropolis_athens_greece_ert-1.jpg?w=550&h=366

In 1821, the Ottoman empire occupied Greece. In the middle of one battle the Turks ran out of bullets and proposed to destroy the Acropolis to use the lead cores of its columns to make ammunition. When the Greeks got wind of this they gathered up their bullets and sent them to the Turks to use against themselves. This amazing (and as far as I can tell unverifiable) act was solely to protect the monument, which is of great importance to Greek culture.

:hmmm: Jaan jae per eeman na jae. They might have considered this Acropolis like their national identity.