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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 Will Launch Five New Cultural Routes

2021-05-12 by Argophilia Travel News

Ministry of Culture

Greece’s Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni held a press conference on Monday where she announced plans to launch five new cultural routes.

Tags: Culture Minister, Greece archaeology, Greece culture, Greece history, Greece museums, Greece news, Lina Mendoni

Greece Plans to Transform the Fabulous Tatoi Estate

2021-02-03 by Phil Butler

Tatoi Palace

The Ministry of Culture of Greece has announced plans to finally convert the massive 10,000-acre Tatoi Estate into an international tourist destination.

Tags: Athens attractions, culture projects, Greece attractions, Greece culture, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Lina Mendoni, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Tatoi Palace, tourism projects

Greece Culture Ministry Certifies Two New Museums

2020-12-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

museum

Greece’s Ministry of Culture has certified the Museum of Environment of Stymfalia and the Museum of Brick and Tile Making.

Tags: Culture Ministry, Greece culture, Greece museums, Greece nature, Lina Mendoni, Natura 2000, PIOP

Crete’s Malia Minoan Palace Flooded by Recent Torrential Rains

2020-11-16 by Argophilia Travel News

Malia Palace

The recent torrential rains that damaged much of Crete flooded the ancient workshops excavated at the Minoan Palace at Malia.

Tags: Crete antiquity, Crete UNESCO, Lina Mendoni, Malia floods, Malia Minoan Palace, Malia Palace, Minoan palaces, Minoans

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