March 25, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
A drone show with iconic Greek images, symbols and slogans took place over central Athens starting at 21:00 on Sunday to celebrate Greek Independence Day. The show included 250 drone formations through coordinated lighting including 3D figures, logos, and words that alternated. They included images of a warship, 19th-guns, the …
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March 24, 2021
Greece, Politics
The Greek government has issued a schedule of meetings with visiting foreign leaders and officials expected in Athens on Wednesday and Thursday to celebrate Greece’s bicentennial of the Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. Events include meetings of Russian, British and French officials with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis …
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March 22, 2021
Arts, Culture
A rare 18th century tapestry depicting master Rafael’s “the School of Athens” has arrived to Greece from France on the occasion of the bicentennial celebrations of the Greek Independence War against the Ottoman Empire. The French parliament has loaned the tapestry master Raphael, to the Greek Parliament. The impressive wall …
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March 20, 2021
Fans Opinions, FEATURED
As Greece celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Independence War against the Ottoman occupation in 1821, here is an approach by Stavros Papagianneas, communicator in Brussels. A Romantic Revolution I was born in Athens, and I love the city. It has a special vibe, an outgoing feeling, due to the …
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March 18, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
A special accessories to honor and celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution 1821 against the Ottoman occupation: a pouch in from of Foustanella with a twist. Inspired from the traditional pleated skirt-like garment that the majority of the mainland heroes of the Greek Revolution wore at that time. …
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February 26, 2021
Arts, Culture, FEATURED
An outdoor exhibition on the 200 years since the Greek Revolution of 1821 is being displayed in the National Garden in the center of Athens, next to the Parliament. The exhibition gas been organized by the National Historical Museum, the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation and the Municipality of Athens. The exhibition, …
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June 25, 2020
FEATURED, Lifestyle
Greek actor Renos Charalabidis made a breathtaking suggestion with aν utterly high symbolism. Ahead of the celebrations for the 200 years after the Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821, he suggested that all Greeks grow a mustache – probably to look like the heroes of the great Greek …
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February 5, 2020
Archeology, Culture
An exhibition juxtaposing Greek antiquities with 18th and 19th century works will open at the National Archaeological Museum on February 11 as part of the events celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. The exhibition is named after a quote attributed to General Yiannis Makrygiannis, a …
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March 25, 2017
Society, Very Mix
Watch LIVE the Military Parade in Athens as Greece celebrates the Greek War of Independence 1821. The military parade started at 11 a.m and ended one and a half hour later. Here are some high lights. Greece celebrates the 25th March with a double holiday: a historical and a religious …
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