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...
By: Lito Apostolakou
Wife of aristocrats and mistress of kings and barons, Jane Digby fell in love in the 1850s with Greek War of Independence chieftain, Christodoulos Hadjipetros. more...
By: Lito Apostolakou
A string of love affairs took the adventurous English beauty, Jane Digby to various European cities until she landed in Greece for the love of a Greek Count. more...
By: Lito Apostolakou
Athens protesters vented their anger against government practices in 1875, 1901,1902 and 1903 but their motives were not always progressive. more...
By: Lito Apostolakou
First introduced as an Olympic sport in the Athens 1896 Games, the Marathon was won by the Greek water-carrier, Spiros Louis. more...
By: Lito Apostolakou
Brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the first modern Olympics of 1896 were embroiled in politics and aroused opposition but were ultimately crowned with success. more...
The Monasteries of Meteora Greece
By: Beverly Yip
The monasteries were mostly built during the 15th Century and reflect the art and architecture of the Byzantine period thus preserving an important part of Greek history. more...
The Bankruptcy of Greece in 1893
By: Lito Apostolakou
Excessive borrowing, the collapse of Greek currant export trade and the effects of the Long Depression led the Greek state to declare bankruptcy in 1893. more...
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