Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Acropolis Museum Celebrates International Museum Day

Athens, Greece, 18 May, 2022.
Tourists and locals visit the Acropolis Museum in Athens and enjoy free entrance as part of the celebrations on International Museum Day.
International Museum Day is an event established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums (ICOM) to increase public awareness of the role of museums in the development of society, and it has been steadily gaining momentum ever since.

IN PICTURES:
Visitors pass by the replicas of the Parthenon sculptures (plaster copies of the Elgin marbles) at the Parthenon floor in the Acropolis museum.







Saturday, May 14, 2022

Acropolis Museum In Athens Celebrates The European Night of Museums




People visit the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, during the European Night of Museums.
The 18th European Museum Night is an event that takes place in more than 3,000 museums, and in nearly 30 European countries.


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Video: 8K: Acropolis Museum Celebrates European Night of Museums










Saturday, May 7, 2022

Tourists Visit The Acropolis Of Athens

6 May 2022.
Tourists visit the Parthenon at the Athens' Acropolis archaeological site following the ease of the measures against COVID-19.

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Price hikes hit traditional spit-roasted Greek Easter lamb

 The famous Varvakios food market in Athens full of people, as the traditional Easter Sunday meal is approaching. The numerous shoppers, however, are disappointed as the rising prices also hit their favourite traditional delicacy, spit-roasted Easter lamb. Athens, Greece, 21 April, 2022. 


In Pictures:
A man carries on his shoulder a whole lamb he has just bought from the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit their favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Greek olives are being sold at a store in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
A man carries on his shoulder a whole lamb he has just bought from the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit their favourite traditional delicacy.
A butcher is seen cutting meat into smaller pieces as whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
A woman butcher is seen cutting meat into smaller pieces as whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
A variety of nuts is being sold at a store in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
A couple carry a whole lamb they have just bought from the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit their favourite traditional delicacy.
Whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
The famous Varvakios food market in Athens full of people, as the traditional Easter Sunday meal is approaching. The numerous shoppers, however, are disappointed as the rising prices also hit their favourite traditional delicacy, spit-roasted Easter lamb.
A butcher is seen cutting meat into smaller pieces as whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
A butcher is seen cutting meat into smaller pieces as whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
A woman butcher is seen cutting meat into smaller pieces as whole slaughtered lambs and goats are hung ready for sale in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.
The governor of Attica, George Patoulis (M) addresses the Press while inspecting the prices in the famous Varvakios food market for the traditional spit-roasted Easter meal. The rising prices have hit the Greek favourite traditional delicacy.