Note (return) — THE TEMPLE ON THE ACROPOLIS BURNT BY THE PERSIANS.

Aside from some slight repairs and the clearing away of rubbish, the monument remained in this condition until 1867, when the French Minister at Athens, M. de Gobineau, acting on behalf of his government, into whose possession the site of the former monastery had fallen, employed the architect Boulanger to make such restorations as were necessary to save the monument from falling to pieces. 76 At the same time the last remains of the old convent were removed, and some measures taken to prevent further injury to the ruin. Repairs were again being made under the direction of the French School at Athens, when I left Greece, in April, 1892.