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Heraklion’s Coastal Venetian Walls Get Much-Needed Attention

2022-11-23 by Argophilia Travel News

Koules Fortress

The Region of Crete announces a partnership with Greece’s Ministry of Culture and the Heraklion to restore part of the city’s Venetian Walls. 

Tags: Crete 2014-2020, Crete landmarks, Greece, Heraklion, Heraklion city, Heraklion landmarks, historic restoration, Koules Fortress, Lina Mendoni, Minas Papadakis, Stavros Arnautakis, Vassilis Lambrinos, Venetian Walls

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

For Crete Visitors: The New Archaeological Museum of Chania Beckons

2022-05-26 by Phil Butler

Chania Musuem

The Archaeological Museum of Chania in Crete reopened its doors at its new premises in Halepa, a state-of-the-art edifice of 6,000 sqm.

Tags: Archaeological Museum of Chania, archaeology, Chania attractions, Chania museums, Crete archaeology, Crete attractions, Crete museums, Lina Mendoni, Minoan antiquity, Stavros Arnaoutakis

Greece’s Mendoni and Benos Aim to Fix Evia Island

2021-09-01 by Phil Butler

Mendoni and Beno

Greece’s current Culture Minister meets with a notable former minster and engineer, Stavros Μπένος to discuss the reconstruction of Evia.

Tags: Angeliki Simosi, Bennu, Evia Island, Helena Dundoulaki, Lina Mendoni, Minister of Culture, Nikolas Giatromanolakis, Stavros Μπένος, the decisi

Greece to Become New Military Tourism Hotspot – No Really!

2021-06-01 by Phil Butler

Greek Air Force F16 Zeus

Greece’s ministries of Defense, Culture, and Tourism are now pushing for military tourism to fill the gaps in traveler numbers.

Tags: Greece COVID-19, Greece hotels, Greece tourism, Greece travel, Harry Theoharis, Lina Mendoni, military tourism, Nikos Panagiotopoulos

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