A pirate and benefactor, Ioannis Varvakis had a bright life, supporting the Greek Revolution and becoming famous in both Greece and Russia.
He managed to embody several destinies into a single person. Varvakis was a successful shipowner, and many Turkish...
Despite local opposition and efforts to save the tree for years, the Municipality of Trifylia in the Peloponnese, southern Greece, uprooted the historic "Tambakis Mulberry," a 300-year-old tree, tied to the country's War of Independence.
The tree was uprooted on...
On March 25 1821, a few brave Greeks started a revolution against the mighty Ottoman Empire that ultimately resulted in the formation of the Greek state.
The start of the Greek War of Independence was not the result of a...
