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Amazing Cycladic Antiquities Exhibition Hits Greek Isles This Summer

2019-07-09 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Museum of Marble Crafts

An extensive and extremely fascinating series of exhibitions have been organized on the Cyclades islands this summer by the Cyclades Ephorate of Antiquities.

Tags: archaeology, Colin Renfrew, Cycladic Antiquities, Cycladic art, Dimitris Athanasoulis, exhibitions, Greece events, Look Opposite Exhibition, Marbles, Tomb of Agia Thekla

Russia’s Putin and Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix Commemorate Cultural Cooperation

2013-04-09 by Phil Butler

Putin and Queen Queen Beatrix

Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands attended a unique exposition to commemorate the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and Year of the Netherlands in Russia. As part of President Putin’s meetup Netherlands heads of state, he and the Queen visited the Hermitage on the Amstel Museum for the ongoing Peter the Great: the Inspired Tsar exhibition there.

Tags: Beatrix, exhibitions, International relations, museum exhibitions, Netherlands, Netherlands culture, Putin, Russia, Russian culture, Tsar, Tsar Peter

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