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★ A sa propre histoire de ville
The country of temples, myths, democracy and the Olympic Games, with islands scattered over two seas.
Greece gave Europe its first theatres, its philosophy, its word for democracy and its Olympic Games. Its museums hold the Parthenon sculptures, the gold of Mycenae, the frescoes of Minoan Crete and the bronze Charioteer of Delphi. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then eat a village salad with olive oil, honey and feta, and watch the sun go down over the sea.
Palaces, city-states, empires and a modern nation.
The palace of Knossos is the heart of the first great civilisation of Europe.
À voir à: Heraklion Archaeological Museum →Warrior kings are buried with gold masks at Mycenae.
À voir à: National Archaeological Museum →Athens begins the Parthenon on the Acropolis, with sculptures by Phidias' workshop.
À voir à: Acropolis Museum →Alexander the Great of Macedon takes Greek culture as far as India.
À voir à: Archaeological Museum of ThessalonikiConstantinople becomes the capital of an empire that speaks Greek for a thousand years.
À voir à: Museum of Byzantine Culture →Greeks rise against Ottoman rule; the new state is recognised in 1830.
À voir à: National Historical Museum →A poet, a sea captain of the revolution and a minister of culture.
The poet of Lesbos, around 600 BC, whom the ancients called the tenth Muse.
A ship-owner from Spetses who commanded her own ships in the War of Independence.
À voir à: Bouboulina MuseumActress and Minister of Culture who started the European Capital of Culture in 1985 and fought for the Parthenon marbles to come home.
À voir à: Acropolis Museum →From the sculptor of the Parthenon to a Cretan painter in Toledo.
The sculptor who led the work on the Parthenon and made the giant statues of Athena and Zeus.
Sculptor of the 4th century BC, famous for soft, graceful marble gods.
Domenikos Theotokopoulos, born in Crete, who became one of the great painters of Spain.
19th-century painter of everyday Greek life and dreamy allegories.
20th-century painter of sailors, cafés and Greek light.
Olive oil, honey, feta and bread baked twice.
The village salad: tomato, cucumber, onion, olives and a slab of feta with olive oil.
A pie of spinach and cheese in thin filo pastry.
A Cretan rusk of barley bread topped with grated tomato, cheese and olive oil.
Small skewers of grilled meat, often in pita with tzatziki.
Small fried dough balls soaked in honey and cinnamon.
Carnival, kites, Easter candles and summer feasts.
Carnival weeks with masks and parades; Patras has the biggest.
Families fly kites on hills and eat lagana bread and seafood.
The biggest feast: candles lit at midnight, red eggs cracked together and lamb roasted on a spit.
Villages celebrate their saints with music, dancing and long tables under the trees.
In a few northern villages, people dance barefoot over hot coals; UNESCO lists the custom.
In summer go to open-air sites early in the morning; museums are cool at midday.
Book island ferries in summer, and check the weather: strong winds can stop them.
At many sites, the site and its museum share one entrance.
In churches and monasteries, cover shoulders and knees.
Sur museumtickets.com : 367 musées avec photos, itinéraire et musées à proximité. Gardez vos favoris dans le Passeport culturel gratuit et, quand le musée le propose, payez votre entrée à l’avance.
De l’aéroport au centre-ville en transports en commun, puis les trains et les lignes locales jusqu’aux musées.
Les lignes et les horaires changent. Vérifiez sur le site de l’opérateur avant de partir.
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