History
Historical facts and gestures from Antiquity to the present day. The protagonists and the peoples.
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My Uncle Yórgos in 1940
As it does every October 28th, contemporary Greece—a nation that, given the current state of affairs, might well be described as living through its final hour—commemorates its second national holiday. This date serves as an echo of March 25th, 1821, when the Greeks rose up against the yoke of the Ottoman Empire to win their independence.
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Dehellenization
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret—known as Le Corbusier—once visited Greece to discover “Air, Sound, and Light,” as he described in the famous address he delivered at the Athens Polytechnic during the Fourth Congress of Modern Architecture in the summer of 1933.
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In memoriam
Eleni, our elderly neighbor in the Thessalian village, passed away last August. Known affectionately as Nitsa, she valiantly belonged to the last generation of elders, those born in the 1930s, on the eve of the Second World War.
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Far from the world
Once upon a time, there was a rugged, mountainous Greek country, completely devoid of roads, yet populated and proud of its history.
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Byzantium
In Greece, starting with its ancient Morea, it sometimes feels like… it’s still Byzantium. The setting is certainly there, with its old palaces overlooking olive groves and ancient fortifications, the kind once thought impregnable. No doubt, the modern visitor is quite captivated.
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May in Thessaly
May in Thessaly is, as they like to say, “ideal for sightseeing,” characterized by sunny weather for almost three weeks and mild temperatures, with averages ranging from 13 to 25°C. This, of course, is according to the usual clichés and stereotypes.