With a new underwater museum where visitors can explore the remains of a 2500-year-old shipwreck and boasting the largest Marine Park in the World, Greek island of Alonissos adorns the National Geographic ‘Best of the World’ list of destinations for 2021
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“My goal was to create a church that creates the illusion of motion. It feels like the Holy Spirit moves around its axis, God himself moves around its axis, as the church has no obvious front and back,” Greek architect Costas Papatheodorou said about his creation – the Orthodox church of Agia Fotini of Mantinea – which has become known as the second most mysterious church in the world.
Christina Onassis (Χριστίνα Ωνάση) was the only daughter of self-made Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Socrates…
Statuettes of the ancient Greek goddess Demeter and her daughter have been discovered in Anapa,…
Athens Polytechnic uprising November 17 commemorates the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in 1973, which was a…
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is an acoustic and aesthetic marvel, and all the more wondrous considering that it was created almost 2,500 years ago.
In an amazing discovery, a large head of an ancient statue has been found just meters below the ground during a routine road upgrade in Athens. Mayor of Athens Kostas Bakoyannis says he is filled with “pride and admiration” for the beautiful and unique Athens.
The Greek fleet, led by Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, started from the bay of Moudros in…
The Arkadi Monastery (Μονή Αρκαδίου) is one of Crete’s most venerated symbols of freedom. By…
Travel to Ancient Olympia and take a personalized tour of Olympia’s archaeological sites through your screen with the launch of a new digital platform that offers users a unique virtual experience of Greek history.
The Evzones guards are a true living attraction of the city and an eternal symbol of Greece, synonymous to valour and heroism. The Athens City Museum is dedicating its new exhibition to these elite soldiers, with portraits, sculptures, embroideries and works of contemporary Greek art, as well as souvenirs, rare photographs, archival material, unreleased historical relics and collectibles from public and private collections that aim to tell the story of Evzones throughout the years of the Greek revolution.
On this day, we remember the innocent victims of the Massacres of Amida (Άμιδα, Turkish:…
October 31, 1912 marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Feth-i Bülend Ottoman warship…
The British Museum may refuse to return the Parthenon sculptures and marbles to Athens, but the University of Sydney is donating an entire Lego Acropolis to the Acropolis Museum.
A 2,000-year-old gem seal depicting Greek god Apollo has been found during excavations of the City of David.
On the 28th October, 2018, Konstantinos Katsifas, a 35-year-old man belonging to the native Greek…
OXI Day on October 28, 1940, commemorates the anniversary when former military general and Prime…
Nikos Kazantzakis is widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature. He was born in…
October 26 is the biggest celebration for Thessaloniki, as it marks the Feast Day of…
For anyone heading to Athens, the Acropolis is a definite must-see. We have put together some interesting facts to shine even more light on this monument which is a universal symbol of civilisation and one of the greatest architectural complexes to ever be built.