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Greece Sets post-Covid-19 Operation Rules for Open-air Cinemas, Sites, Museums

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Greece Sets Post Covid 19 Operation Rules For Open Air Cinemas, Sites, Museums
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The archaeological site of Akrotiri on Santorini. Photo: GTP Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced this week a series of coronavirus (Covid-19) safe-distancing rules that will apply to outdoor cinemas, museums and archaeological sites. Archaeological sites are scheduled to re-open on May 18, open-air cinemas on June 1, and museums on June 15. More specifically,

Microsoft to Introduce Ancient Olympia to the World Through a New App

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Microsoft To Introduce Ancient Olympia To The World Through A New App
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Ancient Olympia, Greece. Photo © Ministry of Culture Ancient Olympia, one of Greece’s most popular archaeological sites, will be introduced to people around the world via a new app to be designed and sponsored by Microsoft. Greece’s Central Archaeological Council (KAS) recently approved the project for the development of a digital application that will offer […]

Thessaloniki Invites Visitors to Explore its Best Through VR Travel App

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Thessaloniki Invites Visitors To Explore Its Best Through Vr Travel App
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Photo Source: @Thessaloniki Travel The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization has released a video introducing a virtual reality (VR) travel application launched to promote Thessaloniki’s sites of interest to potential travelers to visit once it is safe to travel again. While the city’s tourism organization urges all to stay home, due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, at

Sheltering in Place with Montaigne

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MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE. PUBLIC DOMAIN, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.   By the time Michel de Montaigne wrote “Of Experience,” the last entry in his third and final book of essays, the French statesman and author had weathered numerous outbreaks of plague (in 1585, while he was mayor of Bordeaux, a third of the population perished), political […]

How Pandemics Seep into Literature

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INFLUENZA VICTIMS CROWD INTO AN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL NEAR FORT RILEY, KANSAS IN 1918. In October of 1918, a delirious Katherine Anne Porter experienced what she termed “the beatific vision.” Close to death from the novel influenza virus that would kill 50-100 million people, Porter felt transported to a paradisal landscape, one free of the pain […]

Syrrako, Vlasti Festivals Nominated for UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List

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Syrrako, Vlasti Festivals Nominated For Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage List
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Vlasti, Kozani. Photo Source: ayla.culture.gr The Greek Culture Ministry has submitted a nomination file for the inscription of the August 15 religious celebrations of the traditional villages of Syrrako and Vlasti on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Syrrako is located east of Ioannina in western Greece, while Vlasti is near the northern city of Kozani. […]