According to physicscat, the upper part of the old town has one of the most beautiful Gothic ensembles in Greece. The lower town shows a unique combination of Gothic and Ottoman architecture. The legacy of the Order of St. John can be seen in the Knight’s Hospital and the Grand Master’s Palace, the Auvergne Knights’… Read More »
The ancient healing and cult site shines with one of the most beautiful and best preserved Greek theaters from the 3rd century BC. BC, which had about 12,000 visitors and is considered to be the most impressive example of classical Greek architecture. Epidaurus was the center of the cult of Asclepius. In addition to the… Read More »
Modern architecture has established itself in Greece with considerable delay and with the tendency to contamination with national architectural forms. Significant episodes of contemporary architecture are the US embassy of W. Gropius (1956), the National Picture Gallery of P. Mjlonas, D. Fatouros, D. Antonakakis, and the Museum of Modern Art (1973) in Athens. Well-known architects,… Read More »
Thessaloniki was the second most important city in the Byzantine Empire after Constantinople and played an important role in the Christianization of the Slavs. This era still shapes the cityscape with its numerous churches, such as the church of St. Demetrios, built in the 5th century, and the three-aisled Hagia Sophia. Monuments of Thessaloniki: facts… Read More »
Greece retains a rich heritage of medieval art. Of course it is not really “Greek” art, but the Byzantine art of Greece, in close relationship with that of the Balkans and Asia Minor, that is, the territories that with Greece constituted for a long time the fundamental nucleus of the Byzantine Empire.. In the period… Read More »
The monasteries, built from the 14th century in a breathtaking manner on the steep rock cones, are among the most spectacular monuments in Greece. According to softwareleverage, some of the 24 monasteries were only accessible by cables, others via small bridges and stairs carved into the rock. Meteora monasteries: facts Official title: Meteora monasteries Cultural… Read More »
After an eventful historical period characterized by a succession of military conflicts (Balkan wars, World War I) we are witnessing a general crisis of traditional values within Greek society, a crisis from which not even the literati are able to escape. An attitude of mistrust towards life and a feeling of helplessness with respect to… Read More »
The autonomous monastic republic on Mount Athos, which has been the stronghold of Orthodox Christianity for around 1000 years, comprises twenty large monasteries. The monasteries, which flourished again in the 19th century after a period of decline (in the 16th / 17th centuries), contain valuable collections of books and manuscripts as well as famous wall… Read More »
The poetic production of the last twenty years of the century. XIX is characterized by a lowering of tones, no longer high-sounding, and by themes that are no longer patriotic but inspired by everyday joys, home, simplicity. Literary periodicals proliferate, hosting on their pages the young generation of poetry, such as N. Kambás (1857-1931), thus… Read More »
According to thesciencetutor, the Acropolis is one of the outstanding building and temple complexes of classical Greek architecture as well as of European cultural history. The buildings of the Acropolis include the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Nikes. They illustrate the outstanding position of Athens in classical antiquity, which exerted a… Read More »