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Athens was announced on Friday as the ” Best Emerging Culture City of the Year” by the Leading Culture Destinations Awards (LCDA), during a ceremony at the Trafalgar St. James Hotel in London. The award scheme, also known as the “Oscars for Museums”, celebrates the vibrancy and vitality of museums and institutions around the world, […]
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7th Festival “Land, Culture, Tourism” began in Platanias. On Sunday morning, many visitors had the chance to participate in a vine harvest. The Sunday afternoon event was organised in Platanias Central Sq. by the Municipal Authority of Platanias. All visitors of the festival had the chance to taste local wines and see “live” the production of […]
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The University Catholique de Louvain from Belgium continued its excavations in the monumental building with a central courtyard on Kefalari Sissi (Lassithi, Crete), dating back to the 16th century. B.C. The research was carried out under the auspices of of the Lasithi Ephorate of Antiquities and the Athens Belgian School with the assistance of experts […]
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The 10 best Greek museums for 2017, according to Travelers’ Choice Awards on leading travel platform TripAdvisor, based on reviews from its users all over the world are as follows:. 1. Acropolis Museum | Athens, Greece 2. Heraklion Archaeological Museum | Heraklion, Greece 3. National Archaeological Museum | Athens, Greec 4. Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina) | Vergina, Greece 5. Delphi […]
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Staircases, richly decorated walls and important artifacts are among the findings of this past season’s excavations at the extensive and complex Minoan palace of Zominthos, on the Psiloritis mountain in Rethymnon, Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports announced Monday. The excavations on the palace were carried out by emerita director of antiquities Efi Sapouna-Sakellaraki from […]
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