Exploring Sikinos Island: Cultural Trails and Natural Treasures Through Innovation
The digital application “Paths of Culture in Sikinos” and the project “Recording...
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Modernist Greek Architect Dimitris Pikionis Celebrated in Skiathos Island Exhibition
The Benaki Museum, in collaboration with the Cultural Association ‘Skiathos’, is...
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Serifos: The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Its Mining Activity
Serifos, a small island in the western Cyclades, has a long history tied to its iron and copper...
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The history of the Athenian “polykatoikía”
The modern city of Athens is often perceived as a concrete jungle filled with tall apartment...
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The “Syrmata” of Milos: Adaptive Architecture and Cultural Heritage
The “syrmata” (wires) buildings on the island of Milos are traditional small, single-room...
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The dovecotes of Tinos Island
The island of Tinos is located in the Cyclades, close to Mykonos, and is mostly famous for the...
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Xenakis exhibition at EMST in collaboration with the Athens Conservatoire Centre for Research and Documentation
Iannis Xenakis at The Shiraz Festival, Persepolis, Iran, 1971. Photo by Malie Létrange Supporting...
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Porto Lago / Lakki: a 1930’s model town in the Aegean
On the island of Leros in the Dodecanese archipelago of the Aegean Sea you can find a strange town that looks like an old movie set. This is the town of Lakki, or Porto Lago as it was originally called when it was built in the 1930s, during the Italian occupation of the Dodecanese. Some of its buildings have been declared monuments by the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
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Between Light and Silence: Exploring Leda Contogiannopoulou’s Art
Leda Contogiannopoulou’s paintings draw viewers into intimate interiors, capturing the warmth, mystery and gentle melancholy of nightfall. Through her subtle interplay of artificial and natural light, everyday spaces are transformed into stages of memory and imagination where the ordinary turns ly...
Exploring Sikinos Island: Cultural Trails and Natural Treasures Through Innovation
The digital application “Paths of Culture in Sikinos” and the project “Recording and Highlighting the Flora of Sikinos” are two new initiatives implemented in 2025 with funding from the Cycladic Identity Initiative of the Museum of Cycladic Art. Cycladic Identity aims at protecting the cultu...
Tomato: From Countryside Produce to Professional Agribusiness
The multidimensional value of tomato The Greek agricultural sector has always been the cornerstone of the national economy.Tomato is not merely an integral element of the Mediterranean diet– it is a key driver of the Greek economy in general and of the economy of specific regions such as Central M...