Amphipolis: Kasta Tomb to Open to the Public Under Pilot Plan in 2022

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Kasta tomb, the largest burial monument discovered in Greece at Amphipolis in Central Macedonia, is scheduled to welcome visitors this year as part of a pilot project once restoration works are completed, said Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni this week. Mendoni announced the news following an inspection visit, adding that works were moving full speed

National Theater of Rhodes to be Restored by 2025

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The National Theater of Rhodes will be fully restored and operational by the end of 2025, Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced last week. Following a meeting on Friday with South Aegean Governor George Hatzimarkos and Rhodes Mayor Antonis Kabourakis, Mendoni said the project’s tender will launch within the first six months of 2022. Budgeted […]

Greece – EU Culture Ministers Call for Protection of Ukraine Heritage

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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and her EU counterparts are calling for the protection of Ukraine’s cultural heritage under the Declaration of the European Ministers Responsible for Culture, Audiovisual and Media in Support of Ukraine. In an informal meeting in France, this week, Europe’s ministers responsible for culture, audiovisual and media expressed solidarity

Corfu Philharmonic Orchestras on Greece’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List

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Corfu Philharmonic Society. Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry has inscribed Corfu’s Philharmonic Orchestras in the National Index of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Greece’s intangible cultural heritage list recognizes the social and traditional practices that form the special identity and culture of each region. According to the ministry, Corfu’s

Aegina’s Ancient Temple of Aphaea to Get Lighting System

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Temple of Aphaea, Aegina. Photo source: Culture Ministry A new lighting system will soon be installed at the ancient temple of Aphaea on the island of Aegina, after Greece’s Central Archaeological Council approved the project’s study. The temple’s lighting project will follow the example of other significant monuments such as the Acropolis and Athens’ Ancient […]

Cultural Routes: €11.6 Million Secured for Northern Greece Monuments

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Church of the Wisdom of God (Aghia Sophia). Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry has secured funds of 11.6 million euros for the protection and preservation of significant monuments that are part of the country’s Cultural Routes program in Northern Greece. Allocated from the resources of the Recovery Fund, the funds will go […]

US Returns 55 Antiquities Worth More Than $20m to Greece

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Photo source: Greek Culture Ministry Greece has received a total of 55 stolen antiquities worth over 20 million dollars from the United States, following the completion of a long-term investigation conducted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office in New York. All antiquities were returned during a repatriation ceremony held recently in New York in the […]

Greece Adds 9 Traditions to its Intangible Cultural Heritage List

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The “gaitanaki” dance in Analipsi. Photo source: Culture Ministry Nine traditional practices, customs and events, which still take place in cities and villages across Greece, have been included in the country’s National Index of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Culture Ministry announced recently. Greece’s national index is in line with UNESCO’s List of Intangible

Greece Holds Talks with Italy for Parthenon Frieze Fragment to Stay in Athens

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The Fagan fragment at the Acropolis Museum. Photo source: Culture Ministry Greece and Italy recently held talks on the permanent return of a Parthenon frieze fragment, part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas in Palermo, to Athens. The fragment depicts the foot of goddess Artemis as she watches the procession of the […]

Greece Loans Ancient Statue of Goddess Athena to Italy

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A statue of goddess Athena, dating from 420-400 BC and from the Acropolis Museum collection, is now on display at the archaic sculptures gallery of the Archaeological Museum Antonino Salinas in Palermo, Sicily. The statue recently arrived to Palermo where it will stay for four years as part of a cultural exchange agreement between the […]