Culture Greek Tourism And Culture To Be Promoted Together To Markets Abroad by GTP editing team 16 June 2014 by GTP editing team 16 June 2014 The Greek ministries of tourism and culture have agreed on joint actions to promote Greek tourism and the country’s cultural heritage and wealth. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Milos, Greece, Officially Takes Its Name As “Holy Island” by GTP editing team 16 June 2014 by GTP editing team 16 June 2014 The island of Milos, famed for its coastline, officially took its name as a “holy island” over the weekend of 14-15 June. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Downtown Athens To Get New Cultural Center In 2015 by GTP editing team 6 June 2014 by GTP editing team 6 June 2014 The abandoned Acropole Palace Hotel, located on the corner of Patision and Averof Streets in Athens center, will operate as a cultural center at the end of 2015. 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Google’s “Street View” Map Service To Promote Greece’s Cultural Wealth by GTP editing team 5 June 2014 by GTP editing team 5 June 2014 The Greek Culture Ministry will further cooperate with Google to include Greece’s most popular archaeological sites and museums in the Street View map service to boost the promotion of the … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Museum In Athens Turns Five Years Old by GTP editing team 5 June 2014 by GTP editing team 5 June 2014 In celebration of its fifth birthday on Friday 20 June 2014, the Acropolis Museum in Athens will present the horsemen on the West Frieze of the Parthenon through three-dimensional digital … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Aristotle’s Lyceum: New Archaeological Site Opens In Athens, Greece by GTP editing team 4 June 2014 by GTP editing team 4 June 2014 A new archaeological site has been added to the many in the Greek capital city. The 4th century BC Lyceum of Aristotle has opened to the public and comes to … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Greek Museums, Sites Begin To Cash In On Extended Opening Hours Scheme by GTP editing team 30 May 2014 by GTP editing team 30 May 2014 The Greek Government’s decision to extend the opening hours of the country’s most popular museums and archaeological sites seems to be paying off as visitor numbers and revenue from receipts … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Patmos, Greece, To Inaugurate “Paths Of Culture” by GTP editing team 29 May 2014 by GTP editing team 29 May 2014 The “Paths of Culture” of Patmos Island in Greece will be inaugurated by the Elliniki Etairia – Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage and the pan-European Federation for Cultural … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Acropolis of Lindos by felipe 23 May 2014 by felipe 23 May 2014 Beneath the modern village of Lindos lies buried one of the most important ancient cities of Rhodes and the eastern Aegean. The only visible today ancient monuments preserves the mighty … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Asklepieion of Epidaurus by felipe 23 May 2014 by felipe 23 May 2014 A major crowd puller among the archaeological destinations of Greece, Epidaurus is famed for its unmatched theatre, as well as for its Asklepieion, thus named the sanctuaries sacred to Asclepius, … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Acropolis Museum Among The Most Amazing 21st Century Museums In The World by GTP editing team 21 May 2014 by GTP editing team 21 May 2014 The Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, has been included on a list of the 20 most amazing museums in the world, compiled by the editors of online architectural magazine Archdaily. … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Temple of Poseidon by felipe 13 May 2014 by felipe 13 May 2014 The sanctuary at Sounion is one of the most important sanctuaries in Attica. Sporadic finds point to the conclusion that the site was inhabited in the prehistoric period but there … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Archaeological Site of Akrotiri of Thera by felipe 13 May 2014 by felipe 13 May 2014 It is one of the most important prehistoric settlements of the Aegean. The first habitation at Akrotiri dates from the Late Neolithic times (at least the 4th millenium BC). During … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Culture Museum, Archaeological Site Attendance In Greece Rises In January 2014 by GTP editing team 12 May 2014 by GTP editing team 12 May 2014 Greek museums experienced an 11.8 percent increase in visitor numbers in January 2014 compared with the same month of 2013, according to a survey on museums and archaeological sites attendance … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Acropolis of Athens by felipe 9 May 2014 by felipe 9 May 2014 For over two millennia, ascending the Acropolis hill has been a must-do for visitors to Athens; it could not be otherwise for the Acropolis monuments, the universal and timeless symbols … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Ancient Agora of Athens by felipe 9 May 2014 by felipe 9 May 2014 The Agora was the heart of ancient Athens, the focus of political, commercial, administrative and social activity, the religious and cultural centre, and the seat of justice. The site was … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Temple of Olympian Zeus by felipe 9 May 2014 by felipe 9 May 2014 The devotional character of the site goes back to prehistoric times, while the establishment of the sanctuary of Zeus is attested in the early historic era. In ca. 515 BC … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Odeon of Herod Atticus by felipe 9 May 2014 by felipe 9 May 2014 The striking Odeum of Herod Atticus (also in Greek Herodeion) was the last public edifice of the antiquity to be added in the Acropolis area. It was erected by Herod … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites Archaeological Site of Olympia by felipe 9 May 2014 by felipe 9 May 2014 Olympia, the sanctuary of Zeus and birthplace of the Olympic Games, lies in a verdant valley of the western Peloponnese at the confluence of the rivers Alpheios and Kladeos. A … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Archaeological Sites The Theater of Epidaurus by felipe 9 May 2014 by felipe 9 May 2014 The theatre of Epidaurus represents the finest and best-preserved example of a classical Greek theatre. Even by today’s standards, this monument stands out as a unique artistic achievement through its … 0 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
