Press Releases

On Friday, 28 January 2022, the DIAZOMA Association had the pleasure of attending the presentation of “Cultural routes through the history of 1821 in Central Greece” by Ms Ioanna Papadopoulou, a student at the University of Patras’ Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technology. Ms Papadopoulou presented her work to DIAZOMA President Mr Stavros

On Tuesday, 18 January 2022, DIAZOMA was delighted to welcome a wonderful initiative to support the Ancient Theatre of Gythio “piggy bank”. For her name day, Mrs Aikaterini N. Koukoulommati invited her friends and relatives to donate a sum to the “piggy bank” of her beloved Ancient Theatre of Gythio in place of a personal

DIAZOMA has launched an international competition for “The Attica Trilogy: Eleusis-Athens-Lavrion” Cultural Route’s destination brand, in the context of its cooperation with the Region of Attica for the realisation of the Cultural Route. The aim is to create a strong image for the Cultural Route in the Greek and international tourism markets. The new destination

Source; myEleusis.AR The “Athena” Research Center team is developing myEleusis.AR, which is utilising augmented reality technologies, for the in situ digital reconstruction of the monuments of the archaeological site of Eleusis. The archaeological site along with the surviving parts of its monuments form the basis of the virtual reconstruction of the ancient world. The three-dimensional

On Monday, 29 November 2021, the DIAZOMA Association was honored to host IUAV University of Venice Architecture graduates Ms. Martina Perini and Mr. Leone Carpini, who presented their dissertation: For a dynamic archaeology.  Athens, two itineraries from the past to reinterpret today’s heritage. The teleconference took place in the context of the collaboration between DIAZOMA

The Ministry of Education has approved the Reconstruction Committee for Northern Evia’s proposal to implement the educational programme “Supporting Northern Evia” (Ref. No. F11/138716/D7/01-11-2021). The programme was designed in light of the recent wildfire disasters and aims to: Raise students’ awareness of how valuable the natural and cultural environment is for a place and the

Fifty businesses of the “Ancient Theatres of Epirus” Business Cluster having recently obtained certification and received the Route Logo, which signifies that the goods and services provided by the logo-bearer are of the highest quality, a most interesting gastronomy and food tasting event took place in October. The event took place during the FAM trip

On Wednesday, 3 November 2021, at 6.00-9.00 p.m., the second meeting of the main actors, consultants-contractors and sponsors of the Reconstruction of Northern Evia Programme took place at the Ministry of Culture and Sports in the Central Archaeological Council conference room. The participants were welcomed by the Minister of Culture and Sports, Ms Lina Mendoni.

On November 1st and November 2nd, 2021, the first meeting between the contractors-consultants participating in the Reconstruction Plan for Northern Evia and the Local Community took place, following the initiative of the Chairman of the Committee for the Reconstruction of Northern Evia, Mr Stavros Benos. On the first day, the meeting took place at the

On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, the DIAZOMA Association and the environmental services company YLI- Environmental Protection & Management signed an agreement commissioning the preparation of an Integrated Development Strategic Planning Study for the New Forest of Northern Evia, entitled New Forest Master Plan. This is the first agreement of its kind to be signed in

Source; Region of Epirus (in Greek) As part of its “Networking and Promoting Tourism in the Region of Epirus” project, the Region of Epirus implemented its first Combined Campaign on “Culture-Gastronomy” along the country’s first Cultural Route, which tours the Region. Focusing on the Ancient Theatres of Epirus, on October 14-16, journalists from Greece and

Source; https://hellenic.ucla.edu/ The unexpected finds during recent excavations in the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidauros shed new light on the origins, cult, and function of Asclepius, the main Divine Healer of the Graeco-Roman world. An amazing ground-floor building that features α peristyle and basement hewn into the rock was excavated at the Tholos, the famous

On Wednesday, 29 September 2021, at the Central Archaeological Council’s conference room at the Ministry of Culture and Sports in Athens, the first extensive working meeting of all the relevant bodies and institutions, consultants-contractors and sponsors involved in the implementation of the Reconstruction of Northern Evia Programme took place. The meeting was convened by Mr

PRESS RELEASE During the 2020-2021 school year, a year that presented a unique set of challenges due to the shift to online education imposed by the pandemic, the students of the Varvakeio Model Junior High School participated in DIAZOMA’s “Adoption of Ancient Theatres- Students guide students around ancient theatres” educational program, with a different mission

For a second consecutive school year , in English Class of Year 9 (advanced level) of Varvakeio Model Junior High School we implemented a cross-curricular teaching scenario entitled “Getting to know the Ancient Theatres” alongside the course of Ancient Greek Literature (History of Drama). Authentic material from the official English website of Diazoma was used