Greek cultural heritage
Culture
Nine Magnificent Museums Showcasing Greece’s Cultural Heritage
Greece is full of museums that showcase the gems of the country's unique and unforgettable cultural heritage through various themes.
Culture
Greek Culture and Sports Minister Highlights the Importance of Culture Heritage at UN Event
The destruction of cultural heritage affects the core of human existence and undermines the prospects for progress, Culture and Sports Minister Aristidis Baltas said in a speech on Friday, during a meeting on the protection of cultural heritage at...
Culture
Greece Wins Three Cultural Heritage Awards
The European Commission and Europa Nostra announced the winners of the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa Nostra Awards for 2015. Three of which were awarded to Greece.
The awards were given to Antouaniko Mansion in Chios, the restoration of...
Archaeology
Greek University Plans to Restore Monuments in Northern Greece
It was confirmed last Thursday, March 12, that Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) will undertake a five-year project in order to protect the Greek cultural heritage monuments of Epirus in northern Greece. A team consisting of 300 teaching staff members and...
Crime
Illicit Trade of Greek Antiquities by Nazis
Illicit Trade of Greek Antiquities by Germans During Occupation, George Lekakis’s book about the theft of Greek ancient treasures during World War II, was presented in a bookstore in Thessaloniki on Dec. 14.
His work cites evidence derived from his...
Art
Posters for the Support of Greek Cultural Heritage by the Association of Greek Archaeologists
“Monuments have no voice. They must have yours.” is the slogan used by the Association of Greek Archaeologists who are complaining for the funding cuts that are threatening the Greek cultural heritage and the “austerity packages and authoritarian measures,...