Greek History
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The Oldenburg Dynasty of Greece
By: Emily Chauviere
When a Danish prince became King George I of Greece, he founded the Greek Oldenburg dynasty that would rule this unstable country through the reigns of six kings. more...
Ancient Greek Olympic Games Revival
By: Lito Apostolakou
Their revival conceived in an 1833 poem, it took more than sixty years for the Olympic Games to become reality in 1896 Athens. more...
Royal Court Dress and Fashions in Greece
By: Lito Apostolakou
Parisian dresses and traditional Greek costumes were seen side by side in royal balls and fashionable promenades of 19thC Athens. more...
Historic Botanical Garden of Athens, Greece
By: Lito Apostolakou
In the 1830s the property of the Athens Ottoman ruler, Hadji Ali Haseki was transformed into a Botanical Garden by Queen Amalia's architect and botanists. more...
National Garden, The Kipos of Queen Amalia
By: Lito Apostolakou
First Royal then National, the Garden, or Kipos, of Athens was the creation of the first Queen of Greece and remains one of the Greek capital's few green spaces. more...
By: Lito Apostolakou
Hungarian General, István Türr, who fought alongside Garibaldi in Italy, won the concession to build the Corinth Canal in Greece in 1881. more...
By: Lito Apostolakou
The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 ended with the Greeks suffering a humiliating defeat in the hands of a better equipped and organised Turkish army. more...
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