Culture

Altar of Pergamon, hidden for more than six years

Berlin, Apr 3 (EFE) .- (Camera: María Alonso) The Pergamon Altar museum, a jewel of the Hellenistic period and one of the main tourist attractions in Berlin, closed more than six years ago to begin a long rehabilitation that it will still be hidden from the public for another five years. FOOTAGE FROM THE MUSEUM IN BERLINSOUNDBITES FROM MARTIN MAISCHBERGER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CLASSIC ANTIQUES COLLECTION OF THE BERLIN STATE MUSEUMS"Through this door you will access the main hall of the Altar of Pergamon, which is now under construction, but will reopen in four or five years and, then, through this door you will access the Market Gate of Miletus to the Altar of Pergamon ”."We started the renovation works in 2013 and closed the Altar in 2014, so it has been closed so far for about six and a half years and will remain closed until 2025-2026.""Of course this is a very difficult situation. The Pergamon Altar is a well-known cultural heritage of humanity, which has given its name to the Pergamon Museum and having it closed for so long is of course a very sad thing for all of us. , for the museum staff, for our audience… "."The reason for rebuilding the Pergamon museum is mainly the building itself. The building, the ceilings, the air conditioning, the windows ... all these things had to be renovated."“As we left this frieze in the Pergamon Museum, where we are now doing the reconstruction works, this small frieze was easier to remove, so we decided to bring it here, to this exhibition in the Pergamon Museum. And we show here the best of him, not every fragment, but most of it ”.“These are original marble statues from the Pergamon Altar, which were on the roof of the building. Not only these, but there were many more that decorated the upper part of the altar ”.