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An exhibit juxtaposing Greek antiquities with 18th and 19th century works of art will open at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens on February 11 as part of the events celebrating the bicentennial of the Greek War of Independence...

The Athens - Peloponnese Railway Station was the second main railway station in the capital after the Athens-Larissa station but stopped operating in 2005. An architectural masterpiece, the main building was designed by French engineers  Alfred Rondell and Abel Gotteland....

Almost 1400 books and independent pamphlets published and distributed in the Greek language from 1819 till 1832 have been gathered and meticulously recorded in the second volume of the "Greek Bibliography of the 19th century", a lifelong project of...

The Greeks of the first dispersion settled in Hungary.  Their contribution to the historic path of the two countries is presented in a exhibition.  "The Greek Orthodox Dispersion in Hungary 17th-19th Century" is hosted in the National Historic Museum...

An exhibition titled “Hellenic Heritage. Greek Orthodox Diaspora in Hungary 17th – 19th Century” will be running from the 23rd of March until June 11th 2011, at the National History Museum at the Old Parliament House. The exhibition held in...

Historical evidence of the life and action of the flourishing Greek element in Hungary, from the 17th until the 19th century is being displayed at the new Archaeological Museum of Patras. The exhibition started last Friday.  The inauguration of...

"The most beautiful buildings are situated in Athens. A recording program of the period 1830-1940” photography exhibition will be inaugurated on Thursday, September 17, at the Visitors Center of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) in Faliro, southern...

Various events took place in Athens during the memory of the Greek Pontic genocide by the Ottoman Empire under Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal during World War I. The aftermath of 1914–1923, claimed about 200,000 to 250,000 deaths and is...

Lord Byron is one of the first and best-known philhellenes who actively participated in Greece’s War of Independence.

It may be a slight exaggeration, but for many locals, the town of Aitoliko, situated on an island between two lagoons in western Greece is their own, smaller version of Venice. The old part of the town lies quite romantically...

The fate of Greek orphans of the 1821 Revolution in the US is but a footnote in the history of the glorious uprising against the Turks. Nonetheless, it is definitely a fascinating one. What happened to some children who lost...

The Filiki Eteria (Φιλική Εταιρία), or the Society of Friends, as it was otherwise known, was founded on September 14, 1814 and played a crucial role in the uprising which led to the Greek War of Independence against the...

In Ancient Greece several women were defiant and established themselves as respected doctors, philosophers or mathematicians.

Was Saint Valentine Greek? Although much of the historical information on Valentine's life is somewhat obscure, a community of Catholics on Lesvos has told Greek Reporter there are strong clues that he was either Greek or of Greek origin. This...

Among the world's 2,700 languages, Greek stands out for its centuries-long, unique and continuous path. If we also consider the influence it exerted—both in terms of formation and content—on European as well as other languages, Greek is, without exaggeration,...