Culture

Greece welcomed three ancient fragments from the Parthenon, returned by the Vatican Museums to Athens.

The Prince’s Foundation in the UK will provide expertise to the Greek Culture Ministry on issues involving the restoration and development of the former royal estate of Tatoi in Athens. 

Elefsina’s Archaeological Museum has reopened with a modernized approach that included audio-visual media and an upgraded presentation of its exhibits.

Twenty-nine illegally removed Greek antiquities will be returned to Greece from the United States.

An upgrade project worth eight million euros has been approved for Monemvasia, a historic castle town in southeastern Peloponnese,

A new park dedicated to the 1821 Greek Revolution has opened its gates to the public in Messinia, Peloponnese.

Greece vies to include Crete’s Minoan palatial centers on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

Greek authorities have unveiled plans for the new Athens Archaeological Museum at Plato’s Academy.

Aiming to strengthen the marble art tradition of Tinos, the Greek Culture Ministry will upgrade the island’s Fine Arts school and create a new building complex and museum.

The Leprosy center and hospital on Spinalonga island, Crete, will be converted into multiuse spaces, according to the Greek Culture Ministry.

Europa Nostra has announced the launch of the Costa Carras European Citizens award to protect cultural and natural heritage.

The Vatican agreed this week to return three sculpture fragments from the Parthenon to Greece.

The Greek Culture Ministry plans to upgrade the archaeological site of Kerameikos in Athens.

The Acropolis Museum will showcase the sculpture “Venus in a gold bikini” from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in honor of International Women’s Day.

Greece is the inaugural “Market of Honour” exhibitor at this year’s BolognaBookPlus, which is considered a significant honor for the country’s literary industry.

The Greek government has announced 100 million euros in funding for culture projects in the Thessaly region.

Authorities in Thessaloniki have approved a pre-permit for the construction of the planned Holocaust Museum of Greece.

The revamped archaeological museum of Argos in the Peloponnese and its upgraded display collection will soon reopen to the public.

The European Cultural Center of Delphi in Central Greece will receive a 10-million-euro upgrade, according to the Greek Culture Ministry.

The Greek Culture Ministry has unveiled plans to create a new archaeological museum on the Ionian island of Lefkada.