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On September 27, 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first leader of Greece after the Ottoman occupation, was assassinated in Nafplio. His murder robbed the country...

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to narrate the history...

There are over three hundred Turkish words that are used daily in the Greek language. This is not surprising given the fact that Greeks...

Eleusis, the site of the eponymous Eleusinian Mysteries in ancient Greece, was the center of worship for the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone,...

Chania is a breathtaking city on the island Crete, and a perfect vacation spot -- Chania has with something to offer any traveler!

Painted in 1826 by Eugène Delacroix, the leading French Romantic painter of the day, Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi is one of the...

There exists today a tiny enclave of Calabrian Greeks, Greek-speaking people in Reggio Calabria that seem to have survived millennia.

The Church of Saint Nicholas, a magnificent church in Ermoupolis, the capital of Syros, took twenty-two years to build. Overlooking the Cycladic island, Saint Nicholas'...

There are hundreds of caves scattered around the Greek island of Crete—and all of them are worth a visit, either for their natural features...

Women in Greek history have persevered, protected, challenged and led in many realms over the centuries, including religion and the arts.