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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Lycabettus Theater opens up again
The Lycabettus Theater is an open-air theater built on the site of a former limestone quarry on Mount Lycabettus in Athens. The hill is the highest in the center of Athens with a height of 285 meters, and offers a panoramic view of the city. After 15 years of “silence”, the theater reopens its gates on September 15, 2023, fully renovated.
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Takis Zenetos: The modernist architect who prophesied our digital lives
A supporter of radical modernism, Takis Ch. Zenetos is recognized as one of the leading...
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The photographer behind “The Doors Of Athens”
An abridged version of an interview with Athens-based German photographer Alexander Jaschik on his projects “The Doors of Athens” & “Small Stories of Athens”
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Constantinos Doxiadis: The Greek visionary who built cities for the world
Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1913–1975) was one the most prolific and influential architects...
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The architectural treasure of Piraeus documented and recorded by MONUMENTA
You may know Piraeus as the seaport from which myriads of tourists depart in the summer to reach...
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The unknown Thrace | A region full of vivid and enriching experiences
Located in the northeastern part of Greece, Thrace offers a panorama of Greek history. Famous...
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Today is the Greek Orthodox Easter day, celebrated in Greece with a big family feast, traditionally featuring roasted lamb, sweet bread (tsoureki) and, most importantly, red-colored eggs, used in the traditional Easter game of "egg-tapping".![]()
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Read about the Epitaphios, the Greek Orthodox Good Friday procession that is one of the most characteristic rites of Greek Easter tradition.
The tradition of the Epitaphios procession - Greek News Agenda
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In Greece, and in the Greek Orthodox world in general, Easter holds great importance. Customs and practices are more closely linked with the religious aspect of the holiday, compared to Christmas, and...
Deputy FM Kotsiras: Bringing young college students and researchers of the diaspora closer to Greece![]()
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A cooperation protocol for linking the Greek Academic Community with the Greek diaspora and supporting the internationalization of Greek higher education was signed by Deputy Foreign Minister George Kotsiras and the president of "Study in Greece" Christos Michalakelis at the Ministry on Holy Tuesday.![]()
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Read more: www.amna.gr/en/article/816053/Deputy-FM-Kotsiras-Bringing-young-college-students-and-researchers-...