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Greece Sets Aside €2.1m to Upgrade Cultural Monuments in Kastoria

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Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa, Kastoria. Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry will allocate 2.1 million euros for the restoration and upgrade of cultural monuments in the area of Kastoria, western Macedonia. The project will be funded by the EU’s post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) with works expected to begin soon. According to

Greece Announces Culture Projects on North Aegean Islands Worth €6.2m

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Greece Announces Culture Projects On North Aegean Islands Worth €6
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The Castle of Mytilini, Lesvos. Photo source: Culture Ministry Cultural projects budgeted at 6.28 million euros will soon be carried out on the four North Aegean islands of Chios, Lesvos, Limnos and Agios Efstratios, the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Sunday. The projects have secured funding from the Recovery and Resilience Fund with works expected […]

Six Greek Island Traditions Designated ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’

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Six Greek Island Traditions Designated ‘intangible Cultural Heritage’
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The “veggera” on Andros. Photo source: Culture Ministry Six traditional practices and customs still alive on the Greek islands of Andros, Rhodes, Sifnos, Ikaria, Limnos and Nisyros have been inscribed in the country’s National Index of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the culture ministry announced. Greece’s national index, in line with UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural

Piraeus: Plans for Underwater Antiquities Museum Get Approval

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Piraeus: Plans For Underwater Antiquities Museum Get Approval
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Greece’s Council of Museums has given the green light for the establishment of an Underwater Museum of Antiquities in the facilities of the Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) on the coastal front of Piraeus. According to an announcement by the Greek Culture Ministry, the council unanimously approved the preliminary architectural and structural plans for the conversion […]

Greek Ministries Sign MoC to Protect Sites, Monuments from Climate Effects

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Greek Ministries Sign Moc To Protect Sites, Monuments From Climate Effects
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The Greek culture and climate change ministries moved one step closer to hands-on actions that will protect the country’s archaeological sites and monuments from the impact of climate change with a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC). Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and Climate Change and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides signed the MoC which finalizes the working

Greece Hopes Return of Parthenon Fragments will Spur British Museum Action

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Greece Hopes Return Of Parthenon Fragments Will Spur British Museum Action
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Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Acropolis Museum General Director Nikos Stampolidis. Photo source: Greek Culture Ministry Ten fragments from the Parthenon were handed over by the National Archaeological Museum to the Acropolis Museum as a gesture of good will setting an example Greece hopes the British Museum will follow