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
Source; aeon.co/essays You take delight not in a city’s seven or 70 wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.’ – from Invisible Cities (1972) by Italo Calvino Unlike other great cities of ancient fame such as Rome, Athens or Jerusalem, Sparta seems to have disappeared off the map. What remains of the legendary
From the idyllic beaches of the Greek islands to historic Thessaloniki and the enjoyable Preveza. A tribute – an anthem for our country Το ΒΗΜΑ Team 02.01.2022 The new year has just begun and two travel writers choose Greece to travel as they wax lyrical about the country in the Guardian . Specifically, in an
Source; The Guardian From hiking the Highlands to vintage train journeys, our travel writers pick the breaks on their wishlists Greece Ancient theatres get back in the act The Epirus coast is one of the prettiest in Greece, yet one of the least visited, despite having the most accessible stretch of beaches for those who
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
