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Greece hopes the case will serve as a precedent for obtaining several artifacts back from the UK The Vatican has returned three fragments of the Parthenon from the Pope’s collection to Greece. The repatriated relics – the carved heads of a boy, a horse, and a bearded man – were unveiled in a ceremony at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on Friday.  The sculptures were formerly held in museums in the Vatican. The decision to donate the artifacts was announced in December. Holy See Cardinal Fernando Vérgez said the gesture was intended “to build bridges of fraternity,” adding that “the Pope’s art collection must become

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