Athens Expands Street Art Program

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The Athens Municipality has expanded its street art program with the addition of one more impressive mural on the wall of Thessalonikis pedestrian street, located near the capital’s Technopolis cultural complex in the district of Gazi. Created by Italian artist Demetrio Di Grado, the mural has joined the list of other street art creations in […]

Lavrio’s Iconic ‘French Iron Quay’ to Be Restored

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Photo source: Lavreotiki Municipality The Greek culture ministry announced that a major industrial heritage monument, an old iron quay used by the French Mining Company in the late 1880s in the port town of Lavrio, southeast of Athens, has been approved for restoration. The culture ministry’s Central Council of Modern Monuments unanimously agreed on a […]

Greece Museum Visits Down 89.4% in January – April 2021

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The number of visitors to Greece’s museums dropped 89.4 percent between January and April 2021, said the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). According to the results of ELSTAT’s monthly survey with data on visitor numbers and generated receipts from tickets sales at museums and archaeological sites for April, the number of visitors to Greece’s sites over […]

GNTO Supports Summer Culture Festivals in Greece

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Photo source: @Aeschylia Festival The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has announced its support to a number of cultural events scheduled to take place in August and September in various locations around Greece. Aiming to support events and activities that enrich Greece’s tourism product and highlight its alternative forms of tourism and comparative

Greece Slams British Museum for Lack of Care, Calls for Return of Parthenon Marbles

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The Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum. Once again, the British Museum, currently hosting the Parthenon Marbles, has been found to be displaying the world masterpieces in inadequate conditions. Photos came to light last week depicting a leaking roof with water seeping into the British Museum’s seven “Greek” galleries featuring items including the Parthenon

Maria Callas Exhibition at Achillion Museum on Corfu

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An exhibition dedicated to Greek opera legend Maria Callas has opened to the public at the Achillion Museum on the island of Corfu. Organized by the Hellenic Public Properties Company (ETAD) and the museum under the title “Maria Callas: World Priestess of Opera”, the exhibition is taking place as part of the celebrations for the […]

Greece Expresses Sorrow for Philhellene Archaeologist Stephen Miller’s Death

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Stephen Miller stands in front of the Temple of Nemean Zeus, southwest of Athens, September 25, 2013. Photo: AP / Source: US Embassy Stephen G Miller, the archaeologist who unearthed the ancient stadium of Nemea in the Peloponnese, and devoted his life to the revival of the Nemean Games, passed away on Wednesday at the […]

Minister Presents Actions to Restore Athens’ Fire-hit Tatoi Estate

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Photo: Eurokinissi / Source: ELLINIKI ETAIRIA Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ELLET) Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni presented on Wednesday a series of restoration actions planned to address the damage caused by last week’s forest fires to the 4,000-hectare royal estate at Tatoi as well as an assessment of the destruction. Speaking to the […]

Old Acropolis Museum to Reopen as Exhibition Venue

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The Old Acropolis Museum in Athens. Photo source: Ministry of Culture The Old Acropolis Museum in Athens, will be restored and upgraded in order to reopen as an exhibition venue, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni recently announced. Located next to the Parthenon, the building has remained closed for 13 years but will soon be restored and […]

SNF Nostos 2021 Summer Festival Returns to Athens

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SNF Nostos, the summer festival of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), this year is returning to Athens with a five-day program full of cultural performances, sports events and innovative conferences. For 2021, the foundation has decided to hold the festival later than usual, in late August. Energizing sounds, entrancing activities, easy laughter, friendly encounters,