This article is about the Roman sculptures. For the 1854 novella by Herman Melville, see The Encantadas.
Las Incantadas Οι Μαγεμένες
Side 2 of the columns in the Louvre
General information
Status
Demolished (sculptures transferred to the Louvre)
Architectural style
Corinthian rhythm
Town or city
Thessaloniki
Country
Greece France (sculptures)
Completed
2nd century AD
Demolished
1864
Height
12,70 m.
Technical details
Material
Marble
Las Incantadas of Salonica ([las eŋkanˈtaðas];[a] Greek: Μαγεμένες της Θεσσαλονίκης or Λας Ινκαντάδας, meaning "the enchanted ones") is a group of Roman sculptures from a portico dating to the second century AD that once adorned the Roman Forum of Thessalonica in Northern Greece, and were considered to be among the most impressive and prestigious monuments of the city. Based on descriptions by travellers, it consisted of five Corinthian columns with four of them having bilateral sculptures on each pillar above. The sculptures were removed in 1864 by French paleologist Emmanuel Miller and placed in the Louvre museum in France, while the rest of the building collapsed and was destroyed. A fragment from a lost, fifth pillar was discovered in the city in the late twentieth century.
Greece is seeking the return of the sculptures, although with little success. In 2015 faithful copies of the four pillars were produced and have been exhibited ever since in the archaeological museum of the city. When first displayed that year, it was the first time in over one hundred and fifty years that the city got to see the enchanted sculptures in some form again.
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LasIncantadas of Salonica ([las eŋkanˈtaðas]; Greek: Μαγεμένες της Θεσσαλονίκης or Λας Ινκαντάδας, meaning "the enchanted ones") is a group of Roman sculptures...
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