| Las Incantadas Οι Μαγεμένες | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Side 2 of the pillars 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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