Beginning in 1801, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the Earl of Elgin, began a project to document the sculptures located at the Parthenon in Athens.

He then took it one step further and took half of the sculptures at the Parthenon and shipped him back to England.

It has been a source of controversy and diplomatic conflict ever since.

Learn more about the Elgin Marbles and how the greatest artistic works of Greece end it up in London on this episode of

Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain. The dish that is most associated with Spain is Paia.

It's a rice dish that hails from the region of Valencia and goes back centuries.

If you're a lover of Paia, you are in luck because September 20th is World Payea Day.

It's a great time to experience Spain's most famous dish.

There are recipes for making your own Payea on the visit Valencia.com website.

You can also visit a Spanish restaurant in your

area to enjoy some classical pia. And of course if you can swing it you have to make

your way to Valencia, the home of piaia. There you can experience all the different varieties which are available.

You can learn more about Paia and visiting Valencia at Spain. info.

Once again, that's Spain. info.

Greece and the early part of the 19th century

wasn't yet an independent country.

It had been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire

since the mid-15thth century and this was the

geopolitical situation in Athens in 1801. Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, was appointed

as the Ambassador Extraordinary

of his Britannic majesty to the sublime port

of Selham the third, Sultan of Turkey.

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