In a spectacular light show, the Greek Culture Ministry and the Onassis Foundation inaugurated the new lighting system that has the Parthenon and other monuments of the Acropolis shine in Athenian nights.
The inauguration ceremony on the Pnyx Hill was attented by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Culture Minister Lina Mendoni and the president of Onassis Foundation Antonis Papadimitriou.
Internationally acclaimed lighting specialist Eleftheria Deko designed the project, following an invitation of interest addressed by the Onassis Foundation that funded the new light system of the Acropolis of Athens.
The Sacred Rock, the Walls, the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheum, the Theater of Dionysus, the Stoa of Eumenes, the Dionysian Sanctuary will be highlighted in a new light, while for the first time also the Thrasyglos monument, the Asclepieion, the caves of Apollo and Aglavros and the Sanctuary of Aphrodite are illuminated.
Video: Inauguration Ceremony via the Onassis Foundation
The new lighting gradients in intensity and shades of white, between the outer and inner parts of the monuments, in order to highlight their architectural elements and enhance perception of their reliefs, depth and plasticity. As part of the technical upgrade, the phenomenon of light pollution is reduced, the Culture Ministry said in a statement.
The ceremony was live-streamed by the Culture Ministry, the Onassis Foundation and broadcast by state broadcaster ERT.
Even there when an official is talking you can hear the dogs barging!! What the hell with this country and dogs barging and nobody doing anything about it.. Day and night in every neighborhoods.. And nobody is doing anything… From past glory to present days decandences
Any chance you can add subtitles to the video or direct me to where I can get an English transcript?