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François de Callataÿ, awarded the Lord Byron Philhellenism Medal 2025

Award of the LORD BYRON Medal 2025 Laureate: François de Callataÿ The distinction of the Lord Byron Medal is an initiative of the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism since 2021 and in collaboration…

Event at the French School of Athens, Friday 31/10/2025 at 12.00 noon

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Event at the French School of Athens Friday 31/10/2025 at 12.00 noon Conference Hall, 6 Didotou str., 10680 Athens François de Callataÿ Royal Library of Belgium / Free University of Brussels THE…

Naval Battle of Navarino, a decisive victory for modern Greece

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At noon on October 20th, 1827, in the bay of Navarino, in the bay of Pylos in the Western Peloponnese, one of the largest natural harbors in the world, one of the most brilliant victories of the Greek War of Independence and the…

Conference: The French Scientific Mission of Morea today – Discovering the Peloponnese

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*Under the auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Mr. Konstantinos An. Tassoulas *In collaboration with the Hellenic Parliament Date: 10 October 2025 Hours: 09:00 – 19:00 Venue: Auditorium Theo Angelopoulos…

October 10, 2024, 21.00 – Concert for Lord Byron and the Philhellenes at the Herodeion

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With particular success and great emotion, in a packed Herodeion, on October 10, 2024, the big concert of the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism (SHP) and the Philhellenism Museum took place, in the presence of the political…

Thursday, October 10, 2024, concert at the Herodeion Odeon

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PHILHELLENES Tribute to Lord Byron and the Philhellenes Distinguished artists honour the “Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism”, through works of great Greek and Philhellenes poets. Under the Sacred Rock…

Exhibition opening: 50 Greek artists dedicate works of contemporary art to Lord Byron at the War Museum

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The Philhellenism Museum and the War Museum, in the context of the year "2024, Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism", inaugurated the group exhibition "... Where the arts of war and peace grew...", with the participation…

Tribute to Lord Byron: “…Where grew the arts of war and peace…”

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The Philhellenism Museum and the War Museum, within the context of the year "2024, Year of Lord Byron and Philhellenism", are co-organizing an important group exhibition, with the participation of 50 Greek visual artists,…

Visiting the highly successful exhibition on Lord Byron at the Hellenic Parliament

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The Hellenic Parliament in collaboration with the SHP and the Philhellenism Museum organized a particularly successful exhibition on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of the great romantic poet and emblematic…

The Greek Consul in Geneva inaugurates an iconic bust of Lord Byron

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The Greek Consul in Geneva, Mr. Alexandros Gennimatas, organized a particularly important ceremony during which an iconic bust of Lord Byron was inaugurated in Geneva, at the famous Villa Diodati in the municipality of…

Event at the historical Library of the Arsakeian Schools of Psychiko

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The educational community participates actively in this celebrations of the SHP - Philhellenism Museum for the 200th anniversary since Lord Byron's death. Further to the initiative of the Second Arsakeion Lyceum of…

Ceremony of the MoD at the Military Cadet Academy, for the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron

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The Ministry of Defense (MoD) organized on 24/4/2024 at the Evelpidon Military Academy, a ceremony for the leadership of the Hellenic Armed Forces to honour Philhellenism and the 200 years since the death of Lord Byron.…

200 years since the death of Lord Byron, Poet and Philhellene - Event of the SHP / Philhellenism Museum in collaboration with the Numismatic Museum

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The event took place on 25/4/2024 at the emblematic Iliou Melathron building on Panepistimiou Street, in collaboration with the British Embassy, in the presence of the British Ambassador in Athens, Matthew Lodge. The…

The SHP honours Lord Byron and the day of Philhellenism

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On April 19, 2024, we commemorate the anniversary of the death of Lord Byron in Messolonghi in 1824, and pay tribute to Philhellenism. Greece honours the great romantic poet and the thousands of Philhellenes who offered valuable…

17/4/2024 - Event in Messolonghi to honor Lord Byron

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The event is organized by the Cultural Association "FRIENDS OF LIMNOTHALASSA" in collaboration with the SHP and the Philhellenism Museum, on "His legacy and the imprint of the leading Philhellenic in History and Art",…

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Award of the LORD BYRON Medal 2025 Laureate: François de Callataÿ The distinction of the Lord Byron Medal is an initiative of the Society for Hellenism and Philhellenism since 2021 and in collaboration with the Academy of Athens is awarded, annually, to distinguished persons from the fields of diplomacy, culture and academic education, whose careers have contributed to society with work and […]
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Event at the French School of Athens Friday 31/10/2025 at 12.00 noon Conference Hall, 6 Didotou str., 10680 Athens François de Callataÿ Royal Library of Belgium / Free University of Brussels THE REPUBLIC OF MEDALS (16th-18th centuries) Or how the science of medals developed, in the light of the Fontes Inediti Numismaticae […]