Thessaloniki: Dimitris Pantermalis, the professor of AUTH, died
The death at the age of 82 of Dimitris Pandermalis, the director of the Acropolis Museum on Wednesday morning (14/09) the Ministry of Culture. According to information, the Professor of Archeology at AUTH was hospitalized in the last days in the hospital of Thessaloniki.
As the Minister of Culture, Lina Mendoni, mentions in her statement, about Dimitris Pandermalis “however, his great work, his life’s vision, was the Acropolis Museum, which he served from the very beginning, with his own strength”.
The announcement of the Ministry of Culture
The Ministry of Culture and the Acropolis Museum announced the loss of the chairman of the Board, Dimitris Pantermali.
The Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni made the following statement:
“It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to a rare scientist, an inspiring teacher, a valued colleague, a good friend. The path of Dimitris Pandermalis is full of top achievements in the science of Archaeology. He was a pioneer, directing the excavations at Dion, where he developed an innovative archaeological and natural park. He brought new, modern ideas, as President of the Department of History and Archeology and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. However, his great work, the vision of his life, was the Acropolis Museum, which he served from the first moment, with all his strength.
The soul of the Museum, when it was still only on paper. He was there, at every stage of its creation and until its last moment. We owe it to him that Greece has one of the greatest and most loved municipalities in the world, a model museum of cultural management, which honors our Culture and our homeland. A museum that in its 13 years of operation, daily, to the millions of visitors who come from every corner of the world, transmits in the most essential way the message of the reunification of the Parthenon Sculptures in the land of their birth.
He invested his personality, prestige, passion, philosophy and dedication in the goal of the excellent operation of the Museum. We owe him a lot. His loss is painful to all of us who knew him, who worked with him for over twenty years, who was a dear friend. My deepest condolences to Stefanos.”
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