Concerts, theater and dance performances, poetry evenings, screenings, stargazing and guided tours on Friday, August 12 for the full moon.
Concerts, theater and dance performances, poetry evenings, screenings, stargazing and guided tours are some of its events august full moon organized by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, for one more year, with free entry for the public, to selected archaeological sites, museums, historical sites and monuments.
The program in detail
On Friday August 12, 105 archaeological sites, historical sites, museums and monuments across the country will welcome the public under the light of the full moon. Events will be held at 50 archaeological sites and museums, while 55 will remain open to the public with free entry.
This year’s event will be framed by events on August 11, as well as on August 13, 19, 20 and 27.
The program, which is carried out under the coordination of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Antiquities, mainly includes concerts, but also theater and dance performances, poetry evenings, screenings, stargazing and guided tours, many of which are carried out in collaboration with the local government and local clubs.
This year, 100 years since Asia Minor Disaster, the event is dedicated to the event of the Exodus of Hellenism from Asia Minor and the mark it left on the collective memory.
A photograph by Boissonnas was chosen as the theme of the event poster entitled “Achiropoiitos as a camp for Greek refugees from Thrace and Asia Minor”.
It was taken in 1919 and the refugee children captured were found there from other disasters brought about by the First World War. However, this photograph is a timeless record of uprooting, unexpected loss, flight and wonder in the face of an imposed fate.
The Ministry of Defense thanks the Services of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage, as well as the Services of the General Directorate of Restoration, Museums and Technical Works, which is participating in the organization for the first time this year, for the continuation of the institution of the August full moon events at our monuments, which already counts 22 years of uninterrupted conduct.
The events and the public visit to the archaeological sites and museums will be conducted in accordance with the applicable security protocols drawn up for each archaeological site and museum, in the context of limiting the spread of the COVID 19 coronavirus and in accordance with the applicable security measures during the period their implementation.
See the attached documents for the full schedule of events.
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