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Posidonia 2022 Shipping Expo to Feature Greece’s Seafaring Culture

2022-06-05 by Argophilia Travel News

Posidonia Events

Posidonia 2022 expo will reveal the unbreakable connection between Greek culture and the sea June 6th – 10th at the Athens Metropolitan Expo.

Tags: Athens events, Athens Metropolitan Exp0, culture, Culture Ministry of Greece, Greek culture, Greek history, Greek shipping, Greek ships, Lina Mendoni, Poseidon, Posidonia 2022

Plaka Bridge Restoration Project Receives European Award

2021-05-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Plaka Bridge

The reconstruction of the Plaka Bridge, washed away by a flash flood in 2015, is awarded a European Heritage Awards/ Europa Nostra Award.

Tags: culture, Europa Nostra Award, European Heritage Award, Greece attractions, Greece destinations, Greece history, Greece monuments, Lina Mendoni, Plaka Bridge, Plaka Bridge Epirus

Greece’s Culture Ministry Sets Summer Hours for Historic Sites

2021-04-04 by Argophilia Travel News

Knossos Tourists

Greece’s Ministry of Culture has announced the Summer hours for archaeological sites and museums across the country.

Tags: culture, Greece, Greece archeology, Greece attractions, Greece history, Greece museums, Greek culture, Greek destinations, Greek Islands, Greek tourism news, Greek tourism statistics, Greek travel market, Hotels in Greece, Tourism in Greece, Travel to Greece

Five Greek Islands Among Threatened European Cultural Heritage Sites

2020-12-15 by Argophilia Travel News

ruins of Paleochora

According to the European voice of civil society, Europa Nostra, several Greek islands are in danger of losing their cultural heritage.

Tags: Amorgos, cultural heritage, culture, environmentalism, European culture, Greece culture, Kimolos, Kythira, Natura 2000, nature, Sikinos, sustainability, Tinos island, wind farms

Now You Can Listen to the Oldest Song in the World [Video]

2020-09-14 by Phil Butler

Qetesh

We were amazed to discover this story on Protothema of the oldest song in the world, and how it’s a song we can actually listen to.

Tags: ancient culture, ancient instruments, ancient music, ancient scripts, archaeomusicologist, Caanan, Classics, culture, Dr. Dumbrill, Dumbrill, Hurrian goddess, lyra, music, Nikkal, Peter Pringle, poems, Religious music, Richard J. Dumbrill, Ugarit

Greece Adds New Elements to National Intangible Cultural Heritage Index

2020-08-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Making Limnos’ traditional cheese

Greece’s Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced last week the inclusion of 16 new elements to Greece’s National Directory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Tags: culture, Greece Culture Minister, Greece customs, Greece dance, Greece traditions, Greek art, Greek culture, Lina Mendoni

Greece’s Minister of Culture Announces Artist Support Plan

2020-05-11 by Argophilia Travel News

Lina Mendoni

Minister Lina Mendoni has announced a plan for the support of artists affected by the restriction measures during the coronavirus pandemic.

Tags: Athens museums, coronavirus Greece, culture, Greece, Greece museums, Greek culture, Lina Mendoni

The United States and Greece Explore Cultural Exchange

2019-10-09 by Argophilia Travel News

US-Greece delegation

Greece takes the opportunity during US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s Athens visit, to pursue boosting bilateral cooperation in culture.

Tags: cultural goods, cultural heritage, culture, Greece museums, Greek culture, Mendoni, Michael Pompeo, repatriation, US-Greece

Greek Archeologists Find the Lost City of Tenea in the Peloponese

2018-11-14 by Phil Butler

Tenea statue

Greece’s Ministry of Culture has announced what’s being called a “monumental find,” as excavators unearth a site identified as the fabled city of Tenea in southern Greece.

Tags: Agamemmnon, Ancient Greece, Ancient Tenea, archeology, Corinth, culture, Elena Korka, Greek antiquity, Greek culture, Tenea, Teneans, Trojan War, Trojans, Trojas

Platanias Presents the 8th Annual Festival of “Land, Culture, and Tourism”

2018-09-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Platanias

Coming up Sunday the 23rd and Monday the 24th of September, the Municipality of Platanias, under the auspices of the Region of Crete, will present the 8th Annual Festival “Tourism, Land, and Culture.”

Tags: Chania, Chania events, crete, Crete events, Crete products, Cretean cuisine, cultur, culture, Giannis Malandrakis., Municipality of Platanias, Platanias, Platanias events, wine festivals, wines of Crete

Armenia & Russian Agree on Cultural Cooperation

2012-10-14 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Karahunj

Last Friday a program of cooperation between the ministries of culture of Armenia and the Russian Federation was penned at Armenia’s Ministry of Culture in Yerevan. Armenia’s Minister of Culture, Hasmik Poghosyan (at left) and Russian Federation Minister Andrei Busygin appeared for the press at the announcement.

Tags: Andrei Busygin, culture, Harald Meller, Hasmik Poghosyan, Nebra Sky Disc, Stonehenge, UNESCO

Košice Update: European Capital of Culture 2013

2012-07-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

European Capital of Culture 2013

As the European Capital of Culture (ECOC) is a European initiative, the Košice project aims to foster though creative cultural and economic initiatives. The Košice staff motto is: “We support creativity.” Košice, a city already known for its rich history and developed industry, plans to “also become the centre of creativity and a new future for young, creative people who wish to live and work in our city, which is their home.” The city established the non-profit organization, Košice – European Capital of Culture 2013.

Tags: culture, East Europe, ECOC, Europe culture, European Capital of Culture, Slovak Republic, Slovakia

Krakow – Beating the Stag Parties

2012-02-23 by Guest Author

Cabby man on the Old Town square in Krakow

What does this city offer beyond the attraction of stag parties? The answer is a huge amount of culture and a fascinating history.

Tags: culture, Kazimierz, Krakow, Nowa Huta, Old Town, poland, Polish history

Maribor 2012: Slovenia Set to WOW the World

2011-12-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Maribor in Summer

In news from Slovenia’s Tourism Board, the town of Maribor, in cooperation with other municipalities, are all set for an exuberant opening weekend as the European Capital of Culture, January 14th and 15th, 2012. Slovenia was recently honored at the World Travel Market in London as well.

Tags: Cultural Capital, culture, EU Culture, Europe Capital of Culture, Europe culture, European Capital of Culture, Maribore, Murska Sobota, Novo Mesto, Ptuj, slovenia, Slovenia's Tourism Board, Slovenian culture, Slovenj Gradec, Suzana Žilič Fišer, Velenje, WTM

Dancing with Death in Aguascalientes: Life-Affirming Holidays in Mexico

2011-11-29 by Guest Author

Mexican body art.

Explore some alternative attractions in Mexico (other than its beaches) including its art, the not-at-all macabre museum of Death, and culture of celebrating life.

Tags: Aguascalientes, art, culture, mexico, travel, well being

Fažana Celebrates Fishermen Traditions and Culture

2011-08-02 by Mihaela Lica Butler

pilchard festival

If you want to experience Croatia first hand, this fishermen village is the ideal destination.

Tags: Croatia, culture, Fažana, festivals, fishermen village, traditions

Rijeka Opens Croatia’s Carnival Season

2011-01-17 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Rijecki karneval is one of the biggest carnivals both in Croatia and in the world.

The 28th Rijeka Carnival opens Croatia’s carnival season. The carnival lasts from January 17, to March 9, 2011.

Tags: carnivals, cultural events, culture, festivals, Rijeka Carnival, traditions

Azerbaijan’s Boom Economy, Tourism Next

2010-10-13 by Phil Butler

Zira Island eco development

Azerbaijan’s booming industry has spurred growth in ever sector of that country’s economy. With massive infrastructure projects ongoing, and progressive expansion across the board, tourism seems the next logical boom market for Azerbaijan.

Tags: architectural buildings, Azerbaijan culture, Azerbaijan Tourism Association, BIG Architects, Boom industries, Caspian Sea, Caspian Sea resorts, culture, Eastern Europe, Eco-Tourism, EurAsia, oil revenues, tourism, World Tourism Organization, Zira Island

Peleş Castle, a Romanian Fairytale – Sinaia, Romania

2010-07-06 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Peleş Castle (Romanian: Castelul Peleş [kasˈtelul ˈpeleʃ]) is a Neo-Renaissance castle placed in an idyllic setting in the Carpathian Mountains, near Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, on an existing medieval route linking Transylvania and Wallachia, built between 1873 and 1914; its inauguration was held in 1883.

Tags: architectural buildings, castle, culture, history, romania

The Monastery of Barsana – Maramures, Romania

2010-07-06 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Barsana is one of the wooden churches in Maramures, a beautiful synthesis of Eastern and Western European architecture, with Gothic and Byzantine elements.

Tags: architectural buildings, culture, maramures, monasteries, religion, romania, traditions

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