History
Historical facts and gestures from Antiquity to the present day. The protagonists and the peoples.
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Orient Complicated
We will remember the “complicated Orient,” a famous phrase by Charles de Gaulle, whose subject was not, from the outset, the Orient itself, but rather how the general conceived his strategic approach at the time.
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To die a hero
In this perilous Greek winter, the Pindus massif in Thessaly has already been draped in a thick blanket of snow, “immaculate and silent as it should be” according to visitors!
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National Day
Every October 28, Greece celebrates its national autumn holiday, the one marked by the resounding “NO” of the Greeks, which marked the country’s involvement in the Second World War.
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The Real Zorba
Beyond the film “Zorba the Greek” there is the myth, and beyond the myth, it is the true story of the character which is hidden, as we can guess… somewhere.
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Thirean Matins
It’s been over fifteen years since I last visited the Cyclades in the summer. And this is understandable, I’d even say it’s understandable… more and more. And as for Mykonos and Santorini, quite simply, I haven’t been there since 1990.
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Consanguines and Affines in War
A look back at history in this turbulent time. August-September 1922. 103 years ago, the Greco-Turkish War in Asia Minor ended. It was, in a sense, an inaugural one for both countries. The new Greece… and thus the new Türkiye.