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  • Acropolis Museum in world’s top 10 Institutes

    Acropolis Museum in world’s top 10 Institutes

    ΠολιτισμόςUsers of the TripAdvisor website have voted the Acropolis Museum in Athens the best museum in Greece, making it ninth in the world.
    Designed by US-based architect Bernard Tschumi, the modernist building at the foot of the Acropolis’ southern slope showcases surviving treasures from the Archaic and Roman periods, with particular emphasis on the Acropolis of the 5th century BC. The museum opened in 2009.

    The top 10 list, according to the 2016 edition of TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards for best museums which mostly features European museums, also includes the Art Institute of Chicago, St Petersburg’s Hermitage, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris, and the British Museum in London.
    The ranking is based on millions of TripAdvisor reviews from travelers over a 12-month period.

    (en.protothema.gr)

  • UNESCO names Athens World Book Capital for 2018

    UNESCO names Athens World Book Capital for 2018

    ΠολιτισμόςThe city of Athens has been announced from UNESCO as the World Book Capital for 2018. The proposed program includes meetings with writers, translators and illustrators, concerts, thematic exhibitions, poetry readings and workshops for publishing professionals. The aim of the program is to make books accessible to the city’s entire population, including migrants and refugees. Members of the Advisory Committee also praised Athens’ cultural infrastructure and its expertise in organizing international events.
    Athens is the 18th city to become World Book Capital. It was preceded by Madrid (2001), Alexandria (2002), New Delhi (2003), Antwerp (2004), Montreal (2005), Turin (2006), Bogota (2007), Amsterdam (2008), Beirut (2009), Ljubljana (2010), Buenos Aires (2011), Yerevan (2012), Bangkok (2013), Port Harcourt (2014), Incheon (2015), Wroclaw (2016) and Conakry (2017).

    (en.protothema.gr)

  • Alexander the Great: Pioneering Multiculturalism

    Alexander the Great: Pioneering Multiculturalism

    ΠολιτισμόςTo celebrate the 30th anniversary of its foundation, the Australian Institute of Macedonian Studies (AIMS), in collaboration with the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) and the Pan-Macedonian Association presents the musical concert “Alexander the Great: Pioneering Multiculturalism”.

    The concert will take place on Wednesday, October 26 at 8 pm in one of the world’s finest music halls, the Melbourne Recital Centre or “Elizabeth Murdoch Hall”. The hall is renowned for its architectural style and acoustic perfection.

    The music has been written specifically for this concert by the well-known Melbournian composer Christos Ioannidis. Some of Christos’ most popular compositions include the “Free Besieged”, “Massa Confusa”, “Syphonia Polyethnic” and “Southern Landscape”.

    The current piece sweeps a great narrative arc, celebrating Alexander the Great’s life and achievements in promoting the Hellenic ideals within a vast multicultural empire. An important theme of the concert is Alexander’s role in pioneering multiculturalism and nurturing an intermingling of Greek civilization, language and traditions with those of Asia.

    The music will be performed by the Camerata Chamber Orchestra, consisting of 23 musicians who are managed by one of Australia’s leading conductors and music educators, Douglas Heywood OAM.

    In 1995 Douglas was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to music education and community music and in 2013 he was named Hobson’s Bay Australia Day Citizen of the Year for “making an outstanding contribution to the artistic and cultural life of the city and services to the community of Hobsons Bay”.

    The soloists, nationally renowned baritone Adrian McEniery and the multi award-winning soprano Lauren Savrasov (Oldham), will be joined by the 52-member Camerata Chorus.

    A complimentary program will be distributed to all guests. This program will include lyrics to the songs and excerpts from the poetry that will be recited during the performance in both Greek and English.

    This is a unique opportunity to commemorate a great historical figure and to celebrate his vision of multiculturalism and harmony, a vision that is more relevant than ever to our own contemporary society.

    (www.greekcommunity.com.au)

  • “The Decoration of the Temple of Repit in Athribis in Upper Egypt”

    “The Decoration of the Temple of Repit in Athribis in Upper Egypt”

    ΑρχαιολογίαAlexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies Cordially invites you to attend a lecture entitled:

    “The Decoration of the Temple of Repit in Athribis in Upper Egypt”

    By: Professor Christian Leitz, Director of the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES),  
    University of Tübingen, Germany

    Tuesday, 4 October 2016; 4:00‒6:00 pm

    Bibliotheca Alexandrina Main Entrance, Auditorium.

    Lecture: Open to the Public, The lecture will be in English

    Abstract

    This lecture represent the temple of the lion-goddess Repit and her husband Min-Re in Athribis is located about 15 km southwest of Sohag in Upper Egypt. In 2005 started a joint Egyptian-German mission with the documentation and restauration of this unique limestone monument. The lecture will focus on the decoration of the temple, presenting the highlights of the different rooms so far excavated and cleaned