Category: Events

On the occasion of World Olive Day, the Kalamata Agricultural Cooperative and the Cultural Organization “Roads of the Olive Tree” welcomed young students from Grandma’s Garden, along with their teachers, to a special educational event. The young friends had the opportunity to learn firsthand how the olive fruit, from the tree, reaches the oil mill …

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During the holiday season and the 11th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival, two initiatives highlight the need to raise awareness about the degradation of the historic Peloponnese railway network and to support its reopening. 26/11 – Screening of “Leontari”A documentary that sheds light on the Hellenic–Swiss initiative for the revival of the network, through real stories …

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The 11th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival, an outstanding initiative that has consistently supported and showcased Greek and international creativity for over a decade, will begin on November 21 in Kalamata and 15 other cities in the Peloponnese: Patras, Tripoli, Argos, Amaliada, Sparta, Nafplio, Xylokastro, Gytheio, Leonidio, Filiatra, Akrata, Stymphalia, Monemvasia, Dimitsana, and Poretsou Monastery. The …

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The National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens is exhibiting 16 oil on canvas paintings by Etel Adnan (Saradar Collection, Paris/Beirut) depicting the olive tree. Their number corresponds to the number of ancient olive trees in the village of Bchaaleh in northern Lebanon, which, according to local tradition, have existed since the time of Noah’s …

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